What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Nathan N. Ferrer died on March 1, 2010 in Clifton, Passaic County, with "Vehicle" 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 "Passaic Police Department". 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 Clifton, Passaic County, on March 1, 2010. The address as recorded is 2nd St & Sheridan Ave Clifton NJ 07011 Passaic.

Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset

Nathan N. Ferrer

March 1, 2010 · Clifton, Passaic County

Details as recorded

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

Name as recorded: Nathan N. Ferrer
Age as recorded: 33
Gender as recorded: Male
Race as reported: Race unspecified
Date of the injury resulting in death: March 1, 2010
Location as recorded: Clifton, Passaic County2nd St & Sheridan Ave Clifton NJ 07011 Passaic
Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle

Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Passaic Police Department

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.

Department pages (matched by this site at high confidence)

Passaic Police Department

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.

Passaic police saw an apparent drug deal between people in two cars. After stopping one car in nearby Clifton, a shot was fired from the vehicle, and police returned fire. Passaic Officer Barulio Barbosa was shot in the leg, though it's unclear who shot him. The car, driven by 34-year-old Marquel Brown, with 39-year-old Calvin Raines in the passenger seat, then sped off and soon collided with a pickup truck, killing the passenger, 33-year-old Nathan Ferrer of Clifton.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/additional_charges_increased_b.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?: Fatal Encounters records that Nathan N. Ferrer died on March 1, 2010 in Clifton, Passaic County, with "Vehicle" 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 "Passaic Police Department". 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 Clifton, Passaic County, on March 1, 2010. The address as recorded is 2nd St & Sheridan Ave Clifton NJ 07011 Passaic.
Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?: No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Sources

[1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 20254. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩