Police in New Jersey are investigating a triple shooting in which a 79-year-old man was among the injured.
PATERSON, New Jersey -- Police in New Jersey are investigating a triple shooting in which a 79-year-old man was among the injured, and that victim is speaking out to Eyewitness News.
Mendez, who speaks Spanish, said he was leaving a friend's house at the time -- and that he's lucky to be alive. The bullet entered his left thigh, going through and out the other side. He says it felt like he was hit by a rock.All three victims were transported to Saint Joseph's University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, but Mendez is another innocent victim in shootings involving multiple people -- and he says safety has to be a priority.
He is calling on President Joe Biden to take action, because there are shootings everywhere, Buffalo, Uvalde, Chattanooga and in Paterson.