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Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd
Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Authorities have identified and charged a 21-year-old man who they say raised a handgun during a brief pursuit with police, prompting a Jersey City officer to shoot him Tuesday evening. Members of the police department's street crimes unit were conducting an investigation near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Oak Street when they saw a man later identified as Korron Bethall with a handgun around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. When approached by the officers who identified themselves as police, Benthall fled across the parking lot of the Salem Lafayette Publi…

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by Cecilia Levine