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Man Killed After Wounding Two Officers In NJ Banquet Hall Shootout Came Out Firing, AG Says
UPDATE: A man wanted for questioning in a New York City shooting pulled out a gun in the lobby of a Woodbridge hotel and was killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. A Woodbridge police officer and a New York City homicide detective were wounded in the exchange, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. The township officer was shot in the back and the city detective in the foot, the NYPD said. Both have already been released from the hospital following treatment, the attorney general said on Friday, June 14. Karl Gregory, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene of the ea…
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: Video Shows Ex-Con Killed In Shootout With Police On Garden State Parkway
Chilling video shows a fleeing ex-con slamming a stolen van into a Garden State Parkway guardrail, emerging through the driver’s side window and exchanging gunfire with police who shoot him dead. Kevin Harlfinger, 40, of Perth Amboy comes through the window firing after the work van smashes head-on into the end of the guardrail at Exit 131 of the southbound Parkway in Woodbridge during a high-speed police pursuit less than two months ago, a collection of videos released by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office shows. Harlfinger, in a hoodie and knit hat, begins climbing out the window an…
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NJ Troopers Justified In Shooting Driver From Poconos Who Shot Dog, Grand Jury Rules
A country music song played on the car stereo as a Pennsylvania driver who'd just crashed into a ditch off Route 80 shot his dog and was then shot and killed by two New Jersey State Police troopers. The troopers’ actions were justified, a grand jury has found. Panel members reviewed a collection of videos, among other evidence, before rendering their decision earlier this week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said Thursday, March 2. The videos, which can be found here, show the two troopers approaching the disabled vehicle from either side on Starlite Hill Road in the Columbia…
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Details Released In Deadly West New York Police Shootout
A shootout between police and a civilian left a West New York officer hurt and the gunman dead Friday, June 3, authorities said. Police responding to a home on 59th Street for a domestic dispute around 6:30 p.m. were shot at by an individual, hurting the officer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Two West New York officers discharged their service weapons, killing the man who had fired at the officers, Platkin said. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and three firearms were recovered near him. The man was pronou…
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Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has released video footage of a deadly police shootout that left a gunman dead in Long Branch. Mark D. Walker, 34, of Woodbridge, Va. shot a detective in the leg before barricading himself inside the Chelsea Avenue apartment Nov. 5, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The incident occurred as the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office was attempting to carry out a search warrant. Several hours later, Walker fled the building with the infant, firing several rounds from a handgun at officers, who returned fire, killing him. …
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