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Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun
Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun UPDATE: A police sergeant was justified in shooting a Morris Township man who pointed an airsoft gun at him during a domestic disturbance call, a state grand jury has ruled. Timothy O’Shea, 24, was bleeding from the neck and wrists when officers responding to a 911 call found him in the driveway of his Fairchild Avenue home on July 14, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said Tuesday, April 12. Several responding officers -- from the township, Morris Plains and Morristown – had gotten the older female caller to safety when they encountered O’Shea, the attorney genera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Morris Township Man Killed By Police Held Genuine-Looking Airsoft Pistol, Attorney General Says Morris Township Man Killed By Police Held Genuine-Looking Airsoft Pistol, Attorney General Says
Morris Township Man Killed By Police Held Genuine-Looking Airsoft Pistol, Attorney General Says A 24-year-old Morris County man who was shot and killed by police Tuesday was holding an airsoft gun that looks like a real firearm, authorities said Wednesday. Police got a 911 domestic call from an older woman at a Morris Township home who said Timothy O’Shea, 24, had a gun and had cut himself shortly after 4 p.m, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They got the caller, whom responders said is O’Shea’s mother, to safety before encountering him in the driveway of the Fairchild Avenue home, responders said. He was “holding a pistol and bleeding,” Grewal said. Officers from three…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
AG: Man Killed In Police-Involved Morris County Shooting AG: Man Killed In Police-Involved Morris County Shooting
AG: Man Killed In Police-Involved Morris County Shooting UPDATE: A 24-year-old Morris County man who was shot and killed by police Tuesday was holding an airsoft gun that looks like a real firearm, authorities said Wednesday. Police got a 911 domestic call from an older woman at a Morris Township home who said Timothy O’Shea, 24, had a gun and had cut himself shortly after 4 p.m, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They got the caller, whom responders said is O’Shea’s mother, to safety before encountering him in the driveway of the Fairchild Avenue home, responders said. He was “holding a pistol and bleeding,” Grewal said. Office…

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by Cecilia Levine