PATERSON

— A Ridgewood man shot another man outside a restaurant early this morning — but was then shot by a security guard and later arrested at the hospital, police said.

Anthony Olivo, 20, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons possession and certain persons not to have weapons after he was treated for his own gunshot wounds at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, said Lt. Patrick Murray of the Paterson Police’s Cease-Fire Unit.

Paterson police responded to the Banana King restaurant at 3:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting, Murray said. The officers found a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his right leg, he added.

A physical fight had started outside the restaurant, during which a man pulled out a handgun and shot the victim once in the leg, Murray said.

But an armed security guard came out of the restaurant and fired his weapon at the suspect, striking him multiple times before the shooter was able to flee, police said.

Later on, Olivo appeared at the hospital, telling medical personnel that he had been shot in another part of Paterson, Murray said.

The police detectives' investigation of the shooting determined that Olivo was the shooter outside Banana King, he added.

Olivo was treated for his injuries and then transported to the Paterson police jail to await a court appearance, Murray added.

The security guard — who is not a law enforcement officer — is licensed to carry a firearm while on the job, police said.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with further information is asked to call the Cease-Fire Unit at (973) 321-1142.



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