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Paterson High School Lockdown Ends Quietly Following Report Of Gunman Seeking Revenge
UPDATE: The words "active shooter" terrified some parents of students at a Paterson high school -- when, in fact, it was the term used by authorities to describe the law enforcement response to a report Wednesday that an assault victim had gone there with a gun. City Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said no one with a gun showed up at John F. Kennedy High School, which was temporarily locked down before city police and Passaic County tactical units arrived. They established a perimeter as part of an "active shooter" response and began searching the school and surrounding area whil…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd
Authorities have identified and charged a 21-year-old man who they say raised a handgun during a brief pursuit with police, prompting a Jersey City officer to shoot him Tuesday evening. Members of the police department's street crimes unit were conducting an investigation near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Oak Street when they saw a man later identified as Korron Bethall with a handgun around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. When approached by the officers who identified themselves as police, Benthall fled across the parking lot of the Salem Lafayette Publi…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd
Authorities have identified and charged a 21-year-old man who they say pointed a handgun at police prompting a Jersey City police officer to shoot him Tuesday evening. Members of the police department's street crimes unit were conducting an investigation near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Oak Street when they saw a man later identified as Korron Bethall with a handgun around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. When approached by the officers who identified themselves as police, Benthall fled across the parking lot of the Salem Lafayette Public Housing Complex,…
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: Man Getting Gun From Car Shot Three Times By Jersey City Officer, Authorities Say
A 21-year-old man seen getting a gun out of his car was shot in the wrist Tuesday evening by a Jersey City police officer in his eighth year in the department, officials said. Police were conducting a routine, electronic surveillance of a southwestern neighborhood when they saw a suspect get a firearm from a car and put it in his pocket around 7:50 p.m., Jersey City Police Director John Shea and Mayor Steven Fulop said during a press conference. The officer trying to catch up with the suspect fired three shots at him near MLK Drive and Union Street, Fulop and Shea said. The suspect wa…