World Trade Center spire hoisted atop building

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK -- The first section of the spire that will crown One World Trade Center has been hoisted atop the building.

It was lifted onto the 104-story building on Wednesday.

Nine of 18 giant steel pieces of the spire arrived at the site in New York City Tuesday via barge from Port Newark, N.J.

The arrival marked the end of a 1,500-nautical-mile journey that started in Canada on Nov. 16.

A plant outside Montreal produced the 18 pieces. The spire will make the tower the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

The remaining nine pieces of the 408-foot, $20 million spire are being trucked in from Canada and another plant in South Plainfield, N.J.

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Police-involved shooting at Paterson shopping center

  Eyewitness NewsPATERSON, N.J. (WABC) -- Authorities in New Jersey are investigating a police-involved shooting during an undercover drug investigation Thursday night.

Police say a New Jersey State Police detective was approaching a car in the parking lot of the Chamberlain Avenue Shopping Center, located at Chamberlain Avenue and West Broadway, in Paterson around 9:30 p.m.

The driver allegedly took off, hitting the detective.

The trooper opened fire and shot one person inside the car in the shoulder.

Three people were arrested.

Both the suspect and the officer were taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.

The New Jersey Attorney General's shooting response team is handling the investigation.

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Police to beef up security around Prudential Center

  Eyewitness NewsNEWARK -- Newark police say they'll be increasing security around the Prudential Center and are trying to reassure the public that the area is safe for the upcoming hockey playoffs following a spate of violent assaults that took place after a concert last week.

Police Director Samuel DeMaio says police have made more than a dozen arrests of juveniles and young adults for strong-arm robberies and assaults in Newark's downtown area since the post-concert assaults.

Earlier this week, in an apparently unrelated incident, two off-duty detention officers were shot, one fatally, outside a bar near the Prudential Center.

The Eastern Conference Finals between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will take place at the arena on Saturday and Monday.

City officials insist the recent incidents are isolated.

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2 shot, 1 fatally near City Hall, Prudential Center

  Eyewitness NewsNEWARK (WABC) -- Police in Newark are investigating an overnight shooting just a block from City Hall and the Prudential Center that left one person dead and another wounded.

Investigators say the two people, both 23-year-old officers at the Union County juvenile detention center, were shot at the intersection of Mulberry and Green streets just after 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Both men were transported to University Hospital. Quinton Brown, of Hillside, was pronounced dead at 3:29 a.m. The second man, whose identity is being protected, is a resident of Plainfield. He remains in critical condition.

Police say both victims were patrons of a local bar, and that the shootings occurred on the street. It appears at this time that the shootings were targeted.

No arrests have been made, and no suspects have been identified. The investigation is active and ongoing.

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