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Richard Michael Gato

Prosecutor: Ex-Fort Lee Officer Tried To Kill Man Outside His House Prosecutor: Ex-Fort Lee Officer Tried To Kill Man Outside His House
Prosecutor: Ex-Fort Lee Officer Tried To Kill Man Outside His House Retired Fort Lee police officer Richard Michael Gato was arrested Monday for shooting a man in his chest outside of his Toms River home, authorities said. Toms River police responded to a Kettle Creek Road home home and found Robert Oleynick, 24 of Toms River, with a gunshot wound in his chest, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato said. Oleynick was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center for medical treatment where he remains in stable condition. An investigation found that the shooting took place earlier in the evening at Gato's Margaret Drive home, authorities said in a statement…