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Police & Fire
Haledon Officer Shot While Conducting Drill At Passaic County Shooting Range
A Haledon police officer is recovering after an accidental shooting during a rifle course at the Passaic County shooting range this week, authorities said. The officer was conducting a drill during the week-long course when a round discharged into his leg on Wednesday, Sept. 10 around 12:45 p.m. at the range in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The Officer was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center for treatment for injuries that were described as non-life threatening.
Police & Fire
3-Year-Old Critical After Accidental Shooting: Newark PD
A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in Newark on the late afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 15, authorities said. At 5:47 p.m., police responded to a residence on Wainwright Street near Bragaw Avenue and found a 3-year-old boy who had been shot and two other children unharmed, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The 3-year-old was transported to University Hospital for treatment, Fragé said. A firearm was recovered at the scene, Fragé said. The shooting appears to have been accidental and self-inflicted, Fragé said, though…
Police & Fire
82-Year-Old Man Heard Wife Scream After Accidental Deadly Shooting In Edison Home: Cops
An 82-year-old man is believed to have accidentally shot and killed his wife in Edison. Robert Novak was in a room on the first floor of the Glencourt Avenue home he shared with his 76-year-old wife, Patricia Novak, when he tried to clear one of his registered guns around 2:10 p.m. Friday, April 5, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The weapon discharged into the basement of the home, striking Patricia, whom Robert heard scream, Ciccone said. Novak went to check on his wife and learned he'd accidentally shot her, and called 9-1-1, according to the prosecutor. Patricia w…
Police & Fire
Former Essex County Chief Of Detectives Accidentally Shoots Himself: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating after Anthony Ambrose, the former chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, accidentally shot himself on Friday, March 22. The incident occurred at a private office complex in Cedar Grove, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. He was treated and released at a nearby hospital for a non-life-threatening wound, Stephens said. Ambrose joined the Newark Police Department in 1986 and became chief in 1999. He was an undersheriff in the Essex County Sheriff's Office and was public safety director for Newark from 2016 to 2021. A…
Police & Fire
Bogota Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Himself, Blaming Drive-By: Police
A 30-year-old Bogota man was arrested after accidentally shooting himself in the leg and claiming he was the victim of a drive-by, authorities said. Officers called to the 100 block of West Fort Lee Road at 3:40 a.m. Saturday, July 1, found Frederick Bambo Jr., formerly of Paterson, with a gunshot wound in his upper left thigh, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. They rendered aid until a Little Ferry EMS rig and paramedics from Holy Name Medical Center arrived. Bambo -- who claimed that a silver vehicle fled the scene after the shooting -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Cole said…
Obituaries
Newark Girl Who Died Of Accidental Gunshot To Head 'Fought Her Hardest To Live,' Mom Says
Support is surging for the family of the 13-year-old Newark girl who died after accidentally shooting herself in the head. More than $3,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Ajayla Smith as of Monday, Sept. 26. Ajayla died around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at University Hospital, two days after shooting herself at a friend's house on Friday, Sept. 16, sources with direct knowledge of the incident tell Daily Voice. No charges have been filed. "Ajayla fought her hardest to live," her mom Nadirah Jones writes. "We want justice for Ajayla & the truth." Ajayla attended the&…
Police & Fire
He Thought Gun Was Unloaded — Then He Killed His Friend: Burlington Prosecutor
An 18-year-old man playing with a gun accidentally shot his friend in South Jersey, authorities said. Jah-son Jones, of Pemberton, was at 19-year-old Nasiah Carson's home on South Coles Avenue in Maple Shade, when the two were playing with a handgun that they thought was unloaded, and Jones pointed it at Carson squeezed the trigger around 3:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Carson was taken to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden by others in the home after the shooting occurred, and was pronounced dead just after arriving. A cartrid…
Police & Fire
'If You Shoot Someone In The Head, Will They Die Instantly?' NJ Wife Asked Internet: Report
“If you shoot someone in the head, will they die instantly?” That is apparently what 73-year-old Michele Linzalone asked her phone 22 minutes before calling 911 to report the shooting death of her sick husband on Monday, NJ Advance Media reported. The Middletown woman was charged with murder in the incident that left Rocky V. Linzalone, 74, dead in the couple's Borden Road home. She also reportedly ran searches on gunshot wounds and ammo shortly before the incident, and researched types of ammunition as early as Nov. 18, NJ.com says, quoting a detective's affidav…
News
Mom Of 4-Year-Old Pittsburgh Boy Who Accidentally Shot Himself Dead 'Lost For Words'
A 4-year-old boy from Pittsburgh has died after shooting himself in the face, according to police. The boy was identified by family members to CBS2 as Ajani Lane. His mom, Nay Lane, mourned his loss on Facebook. Police were called to a home in the 500 block of North Negley in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood around 8 a.m., according to a statement by the police. The boy was transported to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh where he later died, police said. There was a caregiver present in the home at the time of the shooting, according to police. An investigation is ongoing.
Obituaries
Retired PA Police Lieutenant Killed In Hunting Accident, Report Says
A man was fatally shot while bear hunting on Saturday, according to a report by Erie News Now citing the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The shooting, which was initially called into authorities as a cardiac arrest, happened on Pennsylvania State Game Lands 197 property in Columbus Township, Warren County, just afternoon, according to the outlet. Gary R. Hunt, 64, of Corry, was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet says. Hunt's 42-year-old hunting partner was crossing a creek when he fell on his .270 rifle shooting Hunt in the abdomen, according to the report. Hunt was a police lieu…
Police & Fire
8-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead In Newark
An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday night in Newark, authorities said. The boy was shot on the 100 block of Schuyler Avenue around 10 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. According to RLS Media, the boy may have found a gun and shot himself in the head and mouth. No further details were released pending investigation.
Police & Fire
Authorities: Off-Duty North Jersey Officer Shot, Killed By Juvenile In Deer Hunting Accident
A 38-year-old off-duty police officer was shot and killed Tuesday when a juvenile accidentally fired off a weapon while the pair were hunting in Sussex County, Daily Voice has learned. Hamburg police officer Jason Franco, of Montague, was deer hunting near Havens and Lott roads in Wantage around 12:30 p.m. when the incident occurred, according to local and state police. Franco was pronounced dead at the scene, "after an unintentional discharge of a weapon held by a juvenile while deer hunting in a group," said Lawrence Hajna, of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Prot…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Paterson Teen Playing With Gun Accidentally Shot Friend, 13, Dead
A 13-year-old Paterson boy was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his friend that was later ruled an accident, according to authorities who charged him. City police responding to a 3:45 p.m. call on Oct. 6 found the victim's body behind a home in the Incca Village housing complex off Harrison Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said. An investigation revealed that the two teens were hanging out and playing with a handgun when it accidentally discharged, striking the victim -- K’Zure "Kay Kay" Credle -- in the back of the h…
Police & Fire
Shot With His Own Gun: Fair Lawn Man Injured Cleaning 9MM In His Garage
A Fair Lawn man shot himself in the hand while cleaning his gun in his garage, police said. The 51-year-old Cyril Avenue man “was pulling back the slide of his legally owned Walther CCP 9mm handgun when he accidentally shot himself in the left hand,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim took himself to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment, Metzler said. “Fair Lawn Police responded to the residence and took possession of the weapon,” the sergeant said. “Once he was treated & released from the hospital, his weapon was returned to him.”
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