Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Age : 36
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/24/2021
Location : Post Avenue
City : Lyndhurst
County : Bergen
State : New Jersey
Agency : Lyndhurst Police Department
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under a police do
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 10/24/2021, the Lyndhurst Police Department received a call at approximately 8:07 a.m. to conduct a welfare check on a 36-year-old man. A uniformed officer arrived at the residence on Post Avenue and encountered the man outside his home. The man was armed with a handgun and allegedly fired at the officer. The officer returned fire but did not hit the man. The man then turned the gun on himself and died on the sidewalk.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lyndhurst/2021/10/24/police-shooting-welfare-check-suicide-new-jersey-bergen/6156013001/
https://www.nj.com/bergen/2021/10/lyndhurst-man-dies-by-suicide-after-shooting-at-police-during-welfare-check.html
https://www.dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/bergenfield/news/lyndhurst-man-dies-in-suicide-after-officer-involved-shooting/818770/
