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Malik Canty

July 8, 2020 · Paterson, Passaic County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Malik Canty
Age as recorded
36
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
African-American/Black
Date of the injury resulting in death
July 8, 2020
Location as recorded
Paterson, Passaic County100 block Hamilton Avenue Paterson NJ 7501 Passaic
Highest level of force as recorded
Gunshot

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Paterson, Passaic County

The marked point is the dataset's own geocoded location for this record, as recorded. Every other New Jersey record in the dataset is shown in gray. A point on a map is where a death was recorded, not a finding about anyone.

Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: U.S. Marshals Service

An agency appears here because it appears in the record's as-reported agency field, nothing more. Its presence is not a claim of fault or responsibility.

The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Malik Canty was wanted in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend in Harlem. U.S. Marshals encountered Canty who barricaded himself in a motel room. Canty fired at the Marshals, who shot and killed him. A 9MM handgun was found next to his body.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/fugitive-ex-con-shot-dead-by-us-marshals-in-paterson-was-wanted-for-ex-gfs-killing/790539/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 19 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2020, and one of 36 it holds for Passaic County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Malik Canty died on July 8, 2020 in Paterson, Passaic County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "U.S. Marshals Service". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Paterson, Passaic County, on July 8, 2020. The address as recorded is 100 block Hamilton Avenue Paterson NJ 7501 Passaic.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 2993. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩