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HEROES: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds HEROES: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds
Heroes: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds A New Jersey grand jury has cleared a trio of hero police officers from Irvington who gunned down a rifle-wielding man after he'd killed an unarmed civilian and wounded two of them. Kaizen Crossen, 39, had shot and killed Jason Caudle, a father of two, point-blank in the chest when responding officers confronted him in the 300 block of Myrtle Avenue on Aug. 8, 2019, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Crossen, who was wearing an Army fatigue vest filled with ammunition, exchanged gunfire with the officers before shots to his shoulder and thigh brought him down, Grewal sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Irvington Fire Guts Convenience Store, Displaces Families Irvington Fire Guts Convenience Store, Displaces Families
Irvington Fire Guts Convenience Store, Displaces Families At least 17 people were displaced by a fire that destroyed a convenience store and several upstairs apartments Sunday night in Irvington. Flames shot out and smoke was billowed from the building at Myrtle and Madison avenue as firefighters from several towns arrived around 11:05 p.m. The blaze quickly reached three alarms, but was mostly knocked down as of 12:35 a.m. Five children and 12 adults were reportedly displaced. Companies from Irvington, Union, Montclair, Maplewood, Newark and East Orange responded.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
WATCH: Irvington Police Officer Wounded In Deadly Shooting Leaves Hospital WATCH: Irvington Police Officer Wounded In Deadly Shooting Leaves Hospital
Watch: Irvington Police Officer Wounded In Deadly Shooting Leaves Hospital A police officer who was wounded in a daytime shootout in Irvington early this month has been released from the hospital.  The Bloomfield Division of Public Safety posted video Thursday showing Officer Brandon Geata being wheeled out of University Hospital in Newark.  ‪A hero goes home today! Irvington Police Officer, Brandon Geata, was discharged from University Hospital after being... Posted by Bloomfield Division of Public Safety on Thursday, August 29, 2019 Geata was recovering from a leg wound sustained when he responded to Myrtle Avenue Aug. 8 on a report of a man armed with a sh…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Suspected Gunman Who Shot 3 Irvington Police Officers, Killed Civilian ID'd Suspected Gunman Who Shot 3 Irvington Police Officers, Killed Civilian ID'd
Suspected Gunman Who Shot 3 Irvington Police Officers, Killed Civilian ID'd The Attorney General's office has begun an investigation after Irvington police officers opened fire on a suspected gunman Thursday morning, killing him.  Under a 2018 law, such investigations are standard procedure when someone dies during an incident involving on-duty police.   According to a preliminary investigation, Kaizen Crossen, a 39-year-old Irvington resident, shot and killed an unarmed 20-year-old man with a rifle on Myrtle Avenue. That man's identity had not been released as of Thursday evening.  Officers responded within minutes of the 11:30 a.m. shooting, …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
UPDATE: AG Says 39-Year-Old Gunman Shot 3 Irvington Police, Killed Civilian UPDATE: AG Says 39-Year-Old Gunman Shot 3 Irvington Police, Killed Civilian
Update: AG Says 39-Year-Old Gunman Shot 3 Irvington Police, Killed Civilian UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: Authorities have released more information about Thursday's shooting in Irvington. Click here for the update.  Original story is below:  A suspect in connection with the shooting of an Irvington police officer and another man was  shot Thursday morning, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. WABC 7 reported that the suspect, a 39-year-old man, was killed. as was a 20-year-old man he allegedly shot.  Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 300 block of Myrtle Avenue where as many as 50 shots were fired. Officers found the 20-year-old v…

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by Paul Milo