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UPDATE: Authorities Release Details In Police-Involved Jersey City Shooting UPDATE: Authorities Release Details In Police-Involved Jersey City Shooting
Update: Authorities Release Details In Police-Involved Jersey City Shooting A Jersey City police officer shot at a man who lunged at him with a knife after several requests to drop his weapon Friday evening, authorities said Saturday. Police responding to 25 Hopkins Ave. on reports of a drunken person fighting found the knife-wielding man around 6 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The man was pepper sprayed by police after disregarding numerous requests to drop his knife Suarez said. It was then that he lunged at the officers, when one shot him. The man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment and charged with aggravated assault and s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities Release Details In Police Involved Jersey City Shooting Authorities Release Details In Police Involved Jersey City Shooting
Authorities Release Details In Police Involved Jersey City Shooting A Jersey City police officer shot at a man who lunged at him with a knife Friday evening, authorities said Saturday. Police responding to 25 Hopkins Ave. on reports of a drunken person fighting found the knife-wielding man around 6 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The man was pepper sprayed by police after disregarding numerous requests to drop his knife Suarez said. It was then that he lunged at the officers, when one shot him. The man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment and charged with aggravated assault and several weapons offenses, according to Suar…

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by Cecilia Levine