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Haddon Township Police Department were called regarding a burglar in progress. Police arrived, encountered a man with a knife and shot and killed him.

https://www.fox29.com/news/man-armed-knife-killed-officer-involved-shooting-haddon-township-police

https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-generals-office-investigating-fatal-police-involved-shooting-in-haddon-township/

A 51 year-old male pedestrian was hit and killed by a Paterson Police Department cruiser. The man died from severe injuries to his head and arm.

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/paterson/sections/police-and-fire/articles/pedestrian-killed-in-accident-involving-paterson-police-officer

Burlington County deputies arrived to a home on Woodland Avenue near Lakehurst for a house fire. They encountered a man with a gun, escalated a standoff and engaged in a shootout with him during which he was shot and killed.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/active-shooter-report-pemberton-township-burlington-county-new-jersey/4004137/

Sergeant Keith Gunther of the East Hanover PD was found to have been driving drunk when he hit another vehicle and killed two bystanders on October 15, 2024. He was charged with vehicular homicide.

TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

https://www.nj.com/morris/2024/10/nj-police-sergeant-charged-in-fatal-riverdale-crash.html

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-hanover-slash-florham-park/sections/police-and-fire/articles/east-hanover-police-sergeant-faces-charges-after-motor-vehicle-accident-kills-another-passenger

Gunther of East Hanover PD was off duty and intoxicated when he cross the centerline on the road and crashed into another vehicle head on. Two bystanders were killed. He was charged with second-degree vehicular, homicide, and third-degree assault by an automobile.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-hanover-slash-florham-park/sections/police-and-fire/articles/east-hanover-police-sergeant-faces-charges-after-motor-vehicle-accident-kills-another-passenger

Gunther of East Hanover PD was off duty and intoxicated when he cross the centerline on the road and crashed into another vehicle head on. Two bystanders were killed. He was charged with second-degree vehicular, homicide, and third-degree assault by an automobile.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-hanover-slash-florham-park/sections/police-and-fire/articles/east-hanover-police-sergeant-faces-charges-after-motor-vehicle-accident-kills-another-passenger

Police allege they saw man who appeared to be armed retreat into a home and lock himself in. Police brought SWAT and escalated a standoff that ended on police discovered that the man had died from suicide under police duress.

https://www.nj.com/cumberland/2024/10/2-hour-police-standoff-ends-with-man-dying-by-suicide-in-nj-home-authorities-say.html

Corrections officer Addiel Ortiz crashed his motorcycle into a family vehicle, killing Easton Beisler in the backseat. The officer died also.

https://breakingac.com/news/2024/sep/13/9-year-old-corrections-officer-killed-in-vineland-crash/

Newark PD chased a vehicle they believed to be stolen until it crashed. Police removed one man while the passenger allegedly jumped in the driver’s seat. Police shot and killed him.

https://abc7ny.com/post/large-police-presence-newark-nj-after-reports-police-involved-shooting/15179363/

Fort Lee PD were sent to assist in a mental health crisis. They allege that they found a "woman with a knife" after forcing entry into a home. Police shot and killed her in her home. The family strongly disputes the police narrative. Lee's brother states that the family answered the routine question dispatchers ask whether a person has access to weapons and the family said she has a small folding pocket knife. She was no longer holding it and was holding only a water bottle when killed, not threatening anyone with it when police arrived and shot her, according to the family.

https://www.nj.com/bergen/2024/07/police-fatally-shoot-woman-after-mental-health-crisis-call-authorities-say.html

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/woman-experiencing-mental-health-crisis-shot-killed-by-police-in-fort-lee-nj-officials-say/3925874/

https://abc7ny.com/post/investigation-underway-after-woman-killed-police-fort-lee/15116059/

Bodycam:
https://abc7ny.com/post/attorney-generals-office-releases-bodycam-video-25-year-old-woman-fatally-shot-fort-lee-police/15193781/

Police in Bloomfield Township chased a vehicle into East Orange where it crashed into 2 other vehicles and 2 pedestrians. One of the bystander pedestrians, identified only as a black male in his 30s, was killed. Police did not disclose why they undertook this chase.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/east-orange-nj-police-pursuit-crash-pedestrian-killed/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/high-speed-police-pursuit-new-jersey-dead-east-orange/5625487/

Maxwell Johnston was wanted for a prior homicide and he hid at the house of a woman until police caught up with him. He died of suicide under police duress.

https://www.nj.com/ocean/2024/07/standoff-in-nj-home-ends-with-accused-killer-dead-woman-charged-with-harboring-fugitive-cops-say.html

A Franklin PD vehicle hit and killed a 19-year-old female in a crash.

https://www.lawyertime.com/woman-killed-in-franklin-car-accident-with-police-vehicle /

Woodbridge PD surrounded a location to try to make an arrest for a previous attempted murder when the man came out of the hotel with a gun. Police shot and killed him.

https://abc7ny.com/post/new-jersey-shooting-police-woodbridge-investigate-reports-shots/14943121/

https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2024/06/murder-suspect-killed-in-nj-hotel-lobby-shootout-with-police-identified.html

Deanna C'Arco was killed when a Franklin Borough police officer crashed into her vehicle.

https://www.nj.com/sussex-county/2024/05/fatal-officer-involved-crash-on-nj-highway-under-investigation-ag-says.html

https://www.njoag.gov/update-ags-office-releases-identities-of-the-decedent-and-franklin-borough-police-sergeant-involved-in-fatal-vehicle-crash-on-may-27-2024/#:~:text=TRENTON%20—%20The%20Attorney%20General's%20Office,Borough%20of%20Sussex%2C%20New%20Jersey.

Keansburg PD were sent to a residence on Seabreeze way for a mental health check on Willem Roman, found him with a running chainsaw and fire tasers at him. He suffered a medical emergency and was taken to the hospital where he died.

https://www.njoag.gov/ags-office-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-keansburg-n-j/

https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/01/chainsaw-wielding-man-shot-by-keansburg-cop-on-memorial-day-identified/74270165007/

Princeton PD were sent on a mental health welfare check of a man with a gun. When police arrived, it is unknown how they approached the man but police entered the garage and claim that he shot himself and died of suicide when confronted by police.

https://www.wevv.com/news/crime/police-man-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-after-opening-fire-on-officers-in-princeton/article_11ce0e22-1841-11ef-bd52-373e8edea753.html

According to police, a man suffering a medical emergency in a vehicle was forced out of the car and arrested for unknown reasons by a number of officers. He died in the process of arrest.

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/04/nj-ag-investigating-why-man-died-in-police-custody.html

A man on a scooter was run over and killed by an off-duty Ocean Township officer.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/police-officer-scooter-crash-new-jersey/3833972/

https://www.njoag.gov/update-ags-office-releases-identities-of-the-decedent-and-ocean-township-police-officer-involved-in-fatal-crash-in-ocean-township-n-j-on-april-15-2024/

A New Jersey State Police trooper collided with a motorcyclist, killing the motorcyclist.

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2024/04/10/motorcyclist-dies-in-route-70-collision-nj-state-police-vehicle-southampton/73270308007/

Hamilton Township PD arrived at a domestic violence call, engaged in a shootout with a man armed with a rifle, and shot and killed him.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/orchard-ave-hamilton-nj-officer-hospitalized-after-shot-in-hamilton-township/

Bodycam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKMk6UoiA_Q

Police tried to traffic-stop a vehicle that fled and crashed, killing the driver. After the crash, police stated they did not know if they were chasing him or not.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/gloucestertownship/man-died-crash-after-nj-police-tried-stop-his-vehicle-ag

Armond Avitable had allegedly shot and killed a woman and fled without the gun. Police located him and apparently beat him and he died during arrest. It was discovered by the Morris County medical examiner that he had a gunshot wound to the torso, apparently also inflicted during arrest.

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/phillipsburg/sections/police-and-fire/articles/warren-county-nj-pennsylvania-man-dies-in-police-custody-victim-dies-after-shooting-in-domestic-dispute

Raul Diaz was on his bicycle on Willow Grove Street and Brock Hollow Drive when he was run over and killed by a police cruiser by New Jersey State trooper Kesene Grier.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/hackettstown/officials-id-cyclist-trooper-involved-fatal-hackettstown-crash

https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/update-cyclist-fatally-struck-nj-state-police-vehicle-hackettstown-identified

Agents from the US Marshals Service and ATF arrived at a motel on Promenade Boulevard to arrest a man for undisclosed felony offenses. They engaged in a shootout with the man and shot and killed him. Police did not identify him publicly.

https://midjersey.news/2024/01/24/ags-office-investigating-fatal-police-involved-shooting-in-south-brunswick/

https://www.njoag.gov/update-ags-office-identifies-decedent-killed-in-police-involved-shooting-at-south-brunswick-motel-on-january-24-2024/

A 55-year-old pedestrian was crossing the road at West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway near Celebration Avenue on Sunday morning around 1:15 when he was hit and killed by an Osceola County police cruiser.

https://www.wesh.com/article/pedestrian-killed-in-crash-involving-deputy/46257839

Cranford PD chased an allegedly stolen car that crashed on the Garden State Parkway. A man emerged and a shootout between him and 2 officers ensued per police. He was shot and killed.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/newjersey/driver-dies-in-shootout-officer-injured-after-stolen-vehicle-crashes-on-garden-state-parkway/article_87fa6592-a761-11ee-8b1c-5fd27e58969e.html

https://www.njoag.gov/update-ags-office-releases-video-from-ongoing-investigation-of-december-28-2023-fatal-police-involved-shooting-on-the-parkway-in-woodbridge-n-j/

Bodycams:
https://njoag.app.box.com/s/q0so00a1u4lbh1x005yy7gch4nuewvf5

Elizabeth PD were sent to a “shots fired” call and began chasing a vehicle they felt to be responsible, escalated the chase until it crashed into a third party motorist, killing Ysabel Gonzalez Morales and Juan Carlos Alvear Carillo in a taxi.

https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/update-attorney-generals-office-probes-crash-involving-police-pursuit-killed-two-elizabeth

Elizabeth PD were sent to a “shots fired” call and began chasing a vehicle they felt to be responsible, escalated the chase until it crashed into a third party motorist, killing Ysabel Gonzalez Morales and Juan Carlos Alvear Carillo in a taxi.

https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/update-attorney-generals-office-probes-crash-involving-police-pursuit-killed-two-elizabeth

Manchester PD were sent to a domestic disturbance. They arrived and shot and killed a man. His identity and circumstances leading to his death have not been released so far.

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2023/12/06/fatal-police-manchester-shooting-under-investigation/71829291007/

https://lnnnews.com/parties-in-manchester-police-shooting-idd/

An on-duty police officer driving a police vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian at 2:30 a.m. on White Horse Pike in Atco. The name of the officer and victim were both withheld by police. It is unknown what the cause of the crash was.

https://6abc.com/pedestrian-struck-in-atco-waterford-township-police-department-new-jersey-attorney-generals-office-man-killed-on-white-horse-pike/14108917/

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-ag-bodycam-footage-waterford-twp-officer-hits-kills-man/3914663/

New Jersey State Police escalated a chase against a vehicle that refused to stop and chased them until they crashed into a garbage truck and Pierre Tanis died.

https://www.rlsNew Jersey State Police attempted to stop a vehicle that kept driving. media.com/article/police-pursuit-ends-deadly-crash-newark

An unnamed man who had been involved in a motor vehicle accident was brought to the New Jersey State Police Bellmawr station for suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He was released and made it to the bathroom of the police station lobby where he was found slumped over and dead from an unknown medical emergency, suggesting that either injuries from the crash or a significant overdose may have gone unnoticed during police processing after the crash. Police allege that he was no longer in custody when found dead in the police station.

https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-generals-office-investigating-fatality-in-lobby-bathroom-at-new-jersey-state-police-bellmawr-station/

*** UPDATE 10/13/2023: Totowa PD are reported as stonewalling and locking up evidence in an Internal Investigation when they refused repeatedly to relinquish radio calls. They are also refusing to answer the question to this day, weeks after the fatal crash, why they were chasing David Lucero.

Paterson PD chased a person on a scooter for reasons they did not disclose until the scooter crashed into a vehicle and the driver died. Activists began protesting after the crash, stating that police hunt motorists for a sport and PDs from other jurisdictions such as in this case had a habit of hunting motorists in Paterson. BLM Paterson and other groups have been keeping the case visible.

Police did not release the name and identity of their chase victim nor the reason why this happened.The Attorney General's office issued a vague statement, also avoiding mention why the moped had been chased at all. “If the person did something wrong, they would have said it already,” stated Paterson Black Lives Matter organizer Zellie Thomas.

One day after the fatal crash, Paterson PD announced new, more restricted, guidelines in their own pursuit policies that govern police chases.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/21/paterson-nj-crash-involving-scooter-leaves-1-dead/70920725007/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/23/nj-ag-quiet-on-why-totowa-cops-chased-scooter-driver-in-fatal-crash/70945414007/

https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/moped-rider-dies-after-police-chase-passaic-county-

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/paterson/2023/09/28/totowa-nj-police-chase-man-moped-died-paterson/70996168007/

Long Branch PD responded to a 911 call about a break-in on August 14, 2023 with an armed person. Long Branch Patrol officer Lucas Brito rushed to the scene and collided with a car, killing a woman. The car he had run into was the car of the alleged burglar. The passenger, Tracee Blount, 38, was killed.

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/10/investigators-id-passenger-of-accused-armed-burglars-car-who-died-in-crash-with-cop.html

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/08/woman-killed-in-crash-with-police-car-officials-say.html

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-tracee-blount

Andrew Jerome Washington was in an agitated state, having a mental health crisis when police appeared with SWAT and according to the family, they escalated an already tense situation. Washington had a knife in his hand when he stepped toward the invading SWAT officers. They shot and killed him. It is believed that this took place inside of his home. Family members state that he had once had a mental health crisis 12 years prior and that he had been shot in his arm then and he became defensive and agitated when SWAT attacked him in his home during the fatal attack. Neighbors and witnesses were critical of the police handling of the situation.

https://abc7ny.com/nj-police-shooting-jersey-city-involved-mental-health/13710369/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElX5cfHi1E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6j06hpln-k

https://abc7ny.com/nj-police-shooting-jersey-city-involved-mental-health/13710369/

Police chased a vehicle they felt responsible for a burglary and collided with the car, killing passenger Tracee Jahlees Marie Blount.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/monmouth/passenger-tied-to-overnight-home-invasion-dies-in-crash-with-long-branch-police-car-njag/

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/long-branch/articles/attorney-general-s-office-investigating-fatal-crash-involving-police-vehicle-in-long-branch-n-j

Elizabeth PD were called to a domestic dispute where they found Stiven Alegria Hurtado holding a knife. They shot and killed him. The family explained that he was not a violent person and was responding to an intoxicated person and a female threatening family with a bat when police arrived and shot and killed him instantly in the home.

https://abc7ny.com/nj-crime-elizabeth-police-involved-shooting-42-year-old-man-killed/13578835/

Estiben Alegria-Hurtado had a fight with family that was allegedly mostly over when police arrived. Police arrived and shot and killed him. His family demands BWC footage, alleges he was a kind and supportive man and that the confrontation did not warrant a shooting. Alegria-Hurtado was a recent immigrant from Colombia who had come to the US to support his family.

https://pix11.com/news/new-jersey-family-demands-answers-after-officer-involved-shooting-kills-family-member/

https://www.kktv.com/2023/08/15/body-camera-video-released-deadly-police-shooting-new-jersey/

US Marshals arrived to serve a warrant for arrest to a man wanted for killing a woman in Orlando. He was shot and killed in the process of arrest.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/09/orlando-murder-suspect-killed-in-new-jersey-shootout

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/nj-attorney-general-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-jersey-city-ag/