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'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect 'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect
'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect Footage from the body camera of a Paterson police officer who shot a fleeing suspect during a foot chase was released by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes on Friday. "Drop the gun!" Officer Jerry Moravek shouts several times as he chases Khalif Cooper, 28, down John Street around 3:30 a.m. June 11. Suddenly, two shots ring out and Cooper falls face down in the street. Moravek handcuffs Cooper, who repeatedly says, "I don't got no gun." "Shots fired," the officer says into his radio. "Send ALS [Advanced Life Support] and supervisors. Send ALS." Moravek repeatedly asks for an ambul…

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