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/