Joe Malinconico and Ed Rumley

Paterson Press

PATERSON — Last weekend's quadruple shooting that left two people dead was prompted by a relationship dispute, according to officials and several people who said they were with the victims shortly before they died. .

As of Wednesday afternoon, authorities had yet to make any arrests in the case, but several people who said they knew the victims said investigators apparently are on the trail of the suspected killer, who they said used to date one of the people who was shot.

The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday put out a press release revealing the names of the victims — both Paterson residents — who were shot Sunday night inside a BMW on 12th Avenue.

The two people killed were Daryl Tann, 48, and Nykeema Kersey, 33, the Prosecutor’s Office said. The wounded were Latoya Lesane, 32, who was in critical condition, and Jason Parker, 30, who suffered a non-life-threatening injury, authorities said.

The Prosecutor’s Office has not yet revealed the suspected motive. Patrons and staff at the Paterson Elks Lodge on Ellison Street told a reporter that the two people who were killed were having drinks at the club’s bar late Sunday evening.

People at the Elks said there were no problems inside the club when the man and woman left the bar. Some type of domestic trouble involving another person started after the man and woman left, said Elks patrons and law enforcement sources.

It’s not clear whether the gunman followed the victims from the club on Ellison to the location on 12th Avenue, about six blocks away, where they were shot, or if the shooter came across them on 12th Avenue.

After the shooting, the BMW came to a stop near the corner of East 18th Street and Broadway, which is four blocks south of where the shots were fired, authorities said.

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