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Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (UPDATE) Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (UPDATE)
Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (Update) A car thief was killed by a police officer in a pursuit on the Garden State Parkway Thursday, Dec. 28, state officials confirmed. The stolen vehicle was being pursued by officers from the Cranford police department when it crashed on the southbound side of the highway in Woodbridge on Dec. 28, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said in a news release. The car thief and a Cranford officer exchanged gunfire, and the car thief was pronounced dead just after 12 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, the AG's office said. A firearm was recovered near the driver, and the officer was hospitalized, a…

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Car Thief Kills One Person, Hurts 3 In Wild Central Jersey Pursuit: AG Car Thief Kills One Person, Hurts 3 In Wild Central Jersey Pursuit: AG
Car Thief Kills One Person, Hurts 3 In Wild Central Jersey Pursuit: AG A car thief being pursued by police crashed into several civilian vehicles killing one person and hurting three others overnight in Central Jersey, authorities said. A Marlboro officer was pursuing the car stolen from a local home when it struck unrelated civilian vehicles around 2:15 a.m. near the intersection of Spring Valley Road and Route 9 South, the State Attorney General's office said. The identities of those involved were not being released. The Attorney General’s Office was investigating, as is standard procedure.

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine