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18-Year-Old Robert Cuadra Found Fatally Shot In Paterson

PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- A teenager in New Jersey was struck and killed by a stray bullet while bringing groceries inside his home.

Police say 18-year-old Robert Cuadra was found with a gunshot wound in front of the home on Godwin Avenue in Paterson on Wednesday.

Another senseless killing in the city of Paterson. Robert was offered a full scholarship to go to college, he will not...

Posted by Emanuel Capers on Thursday, January 20, 2022

The education commissioner of Paterson schools wrote on Facebook that Cuadra had just been offered a full scholarship for college.

Prosecutors say the investigation is ongoing.

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