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Authorities ID Suspect Wounded In Police-Involved Shooting, Say He 'Refused To Comply'
Authorities say a 37-year-old man who was brandishing a gun at a Dollar General Store refused to comply with police before he was shot by an officer.
On Tuesday, May 24, at 9:35 a.m., Absecon and Pleasantville police responded to the store in the 700 block of New Road, Absecon for a man armed with a gun inside the store.
The suspect, Jalial Whitted, of Absecon, was located inside the store by police and ordered to exit the store, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Once outside the store, Whitted refused police officer commands and reached for a weapon that was located in…