Benefit set for repairs to historic Ridgewood church hit by gunfire
FEBRUARY 17, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015, 7:43 AM
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — A benefit concert has been organized to fund much-needed repairs to the Old Paramus Reformed Church after more than 40 bullets were fired into the building in December.
The church’s choir will perform at the concert 3 p.m. Sunday, along with a brass ensemble and four soloists.
Parishioners were stunned in late December upon discovering some 40 bullet holes puncturing the historic house of worship, which was constructed on Ridgewood’s East Glen Avenue in the 1800s.
“People are still sort of scratching their heads about it, wondering why,” said the Rev. Robert Miller, the church’s pastor. “The community’s not used to this sort of thing.”
Police arrested cousins Joseph Galli, 21, of Somerville and Alex Norrell, 22, of Ridgewood last month for shooting up the church on Nov. 16 and Dec. 26.
Authorities said they believe the men used the church as a target only because it is convenient and isolated from other buildings.
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