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Family Of Woman Killed By Police In Fort Lee Say She Was Clutching Water Bottle — Not Knife Family Of Woman Killed By Police In Fort Lee Say She Was Clutching Water Bottle — Not Knife
Family Of Woman Killed By Police In Fort Lee Say She Was Clutching Water Bottle — Not Knife The family of the Fort Lee woman shot and killed by police last month in the midst of a mental health crisis is speaking out. In a statement issued Friday, Aug. 9, the family of Victoria Lee says Fort Lee officers misunderstood the events that left the 25-year-old Ridgewood native dead at The Pinnacle apartments on Sunday, July 28, could have handled it differently. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin previously said that Lee's brother called 9-1-1 saying she was experiencing a mental health crisis and needed to go to the hospital. Lee's brother also said his sister was holding a kn…

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Videos Show Moment Paramus 'Bling Bishop' Robber Was Shot Dead By US Marshals Agents Videos Show Moment Paramus 'Bling Bishop' Robber Was Shot Dead By US Marshals Agents
Videos Show Moment Paramus 'Bling Bishop' Robber Was Shot Dead By US Marshals Agents The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has released body-worn camera and surveillance footage of an officer-involved shooting that left a 41-year-old New York man dead. Just after 2 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2024, 2:05 p.m., US Marshals agents arrived at a Route 1 motel in Monmouth Junction within South Brunswick to execute an arrest warrant on Shamar Leggette, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. As previously reported by Daily Voice, Leggette had been wanted for robbing "Bling Bishop" Lamor Whitehead from Paramus in Bergen County. About 40 minutes after authorities…

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by Cecilia Levine