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Officers Justified In Downing Gunman In Jersey Shore Shootout, Grand Jury Finds Officers Justified In Downing Gunman In Jersey Shore Shootout, Grand Jury Finds
Officers Justified In Downing Gunman In Jersey Shore Shootout, Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: Police in Long Branch were justified in taking out a gunman who wounded a detective, started a fire and then came out shooting while trying to flee with an infant in his arms, a grand jury has found. New Jersey law requires that all civilian deaths involving police be investigated and presented to a grand jury no matter the circumstances. Grand jurors in this case had plenty of evidence supporting the Nov. 6, 2021 shooting death of Mark D. Walker II, 34, of Woodbridge, Virginia, after a nine-hour standoff. A Monmouth County prosecutor's detective was trying to serve a warrant that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drivers With Eerily Similar Names Among Three Dead In Stafford Crash Drivers With Eerily Similar Names Among Three Dead In Stafford Crash
Drivers With Eerily Similar Names Among Three Dead In Stafford Crash Police released the names of three people who died on Sunday, May 29, in a head-on collision in Stafford that shut down a road for several hours.   Tamarr Williams, 38, of Woodbridge, lost control of his 1995 Lexus and veered into oncoming traffic on Austin Ridge Drive around 7:30 p.m., the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said.  The car struck a northbound Hyundai Elantra driven by Tamara Williams, 27, of Fredericksburg. The drivers were not related. Andrea Forte, 35, of Stafford, who was a passenger in the Lexus, also died in the collision, deputies said.  A GoF…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch
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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by Valerie Musson
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Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified
Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified UPDATE: Authorities on Wednesday identified the out-of-state man who charged at police and was gunned down after he shot and wounded a detective trying to serve a warrant in Long Branch last week. Mark D. Walker II, 34, of Woodbridge, Va. shot the detective in the leg before barricading himself inside the Chelsea Avenue apartment last Friday, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Walker was shot and killed after a fire broke out in the house and he came out shooting nearly nine hours later, multiple sources said. The wounded Monmouth County prosecutor's detective was wor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MS-13 Gangster Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing, Beating Plainfield Man MS-13 Gangster Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing, Beating Plainfield Man
MS-13 Gangster Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing, Beating Plainfield Man A member of a violent street gang who had been on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list admitted Monday to the brutal slaying of another man in his Plainfield home eight years ago. Walter “Cholo” Yovany-Gomez, 35, spent years on the run after the slaying, much of that time in Maryland and Virginia, before he was caught in August 2017 in Woodbridge, Va. Just a few months earlier, Yovany-Gomez had been placed on the most wanted list. In May 2011, Yovanny-Gomez and other members of the notorious MS-13 street gang plotted to kill Julio Matute for socializing with members of a rival gang.  Yovan…

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by Paul Milo