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The incident unfolded at a home on John Street around 8:15 a.m., and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, at 10:39 a.m., Platkin said.
According to NBC4, the man was possibly armed with a knife and had been visiting family from Las Vegas.
One officer was hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries after struck by a ricocheting bullet, the outlet said. Other officers at the scene were hospitalized as is procedure in such incidents, the borough's mayor Mark Sokolich said.
A heavy police presence was expected as the New Jersey Attorney General's Office and Bergen County Prosecutor's Office investigate.
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