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Dec. 29

Police & Fire
Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (UPDATE) Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (UPDATE)
Parkway Police Shootout Kills Car Thief, Injures Cranford Officer In Woodbridge: AG (Update) A car thief was killed by a police officer in a pursuit on the Garden State Parkway Thursday, Dec. 28, state officials confirmed. The stolen vehicle was being pursued by officers from the Cranford police department when it crashed on the southbound side of the highway in Woodbridge on Dec. 28, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said in a news release. The car thief and a Cranford officer exchanged gunfire, and the car thief was pronounced dead just after 12 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, the AG's office said. A firearm was recovered near the driver, and the officer was hospitalized, a…

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