Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age : 36
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 : Gunshot
Event : Suicide following welfare check
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.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT
1 fatality
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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/
