Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione announced that at approximately 2:17, a.m. on July 15, 2018, police responded to the area of 503 Paulison Avenue in the City of Passaic, near the Shoprite grocery store, in response to a report of a motor vehicle crash.
Police say upon their arrival, they located a male victim, later identified as Dervy Almonte-Moore, 27, from Elmwood Park, unresponsive inside his vehicle, a 1998 black Toyota Camry, which had struck a tree.
The victim had suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson at 2:48 a.m. During the investigation, it was determined that the victim was working as a pizza delivery driver for Jumbo’s Pizza in Wallington, and may have been shot while making a delivery in the area of 582 Paulison Avenue in Clifton before crashing his car a short distance away on Paulison Avenue in Passaic.
The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact us on our tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or contact the Clifton Police Detective Bureau at 973-470-5908.