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Video Shows Bloodied, Naked, Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police At Fort Lee Condo Video Shows Bloodied, Naked, Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police At Fort Lee Condo
Video Shows Bloodied, Naked, Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police At Fort Lee Condo In what looks like a slasher film, a naked and bloodied man wielding a knife on the debris-strewn terrace of a condominium in Fort Lee is shot and killed by police. Two tactical officers are standing on chairs and a third on a table on a neighboring balcony when Mohamed Bounaouar, 42, of Las Vegas emerges from inside a townhouse at the Cedar Court complex shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2023, police bodycam images released by state authorities on Jan. 12 show. Bounaouar's raised left hand grips a large knife. His mouth and other parts of his body are bloodied. He shouts several words in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tractor-Trailer Topples Street Light At Busy Fort Lee Intersection Tractor-Trailer Topples Street Light At Busy Fort Lee Intersection
Tractor-Trailer Topples Street Light At Busy Fort Lee Intersection A tractor-trailer driver took down a streetlight at a busy Fort Lee intersection near the George Washington Bridge on Monday. No injuries were reported in the morning mishap. The driver was headed east on Main Street and tried to make a right onto tiny John Street in front of Violet's Florist around 7:30 a.m. April 17. The rig was headed east on Main Street when the driver tried to make a right onto John Street in Fort Lee.Greg Makroulakis (ABC Towing) for DAILY VOICE That's when things went wrong. Traffic is already pretty thick around that time of morning.Greg Makroulakis (ABC To…

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UPDATE: Knife-Wielding Condo Visitor Shot In Encounter With Fort Lee PD, AG Confirms UPDATE: Knife-Wielding Condo Visitor Shot In Encounter With Fort Lee PD, AG Confirms
Update: Knife-Wielding Condo Visitor Shot In Encounter With Fort Lee PD, AG Confirms Fort Lee first responders were getting residents out of a townhouse where a visiting relative had been threatening them with a knife when police came face-to-face with him, authorities said. Mohamed Bounaouar, 42, of Las Vegas was pronounced dead shortly after 10:30 a.m. Feb. 4, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Monday, Feb. 13. New Jersey law and his office's guidelines require an investigation, no matter the circumstances, because the death occurred during an encounter with police. Residents of the Cedar Court condominium on John Street called and told police that a kni…

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by Jerry DeMarco