Police Involved Shooting Leaves One Person Wounded And Two Police Officers Injured In Newark New Jersey

Police-involved shooting leaves one person wounded and two police officers injured in Newark, New Jersey, United States on August 12, 2024. At approximately 8:34 p.m., Monday evening two uniformed police officers from the Newark Police Department in a marked patrol vehicle noticed a reported stolen SUV parked in the area of Clinton Place near the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue in Newark. Upon investigating, they observed an adult male seated in the parked vehicle’s front passenger seat. The officers approached the vehicle and, as they were detaining the passenger, a second male exited a nearby store, entered the vehicle, and got behind the wheel. Police officers then attempted to detain the male who had gotten into the driver’s seat. A struggle ensued, and the vehicle accelerated, initially backward and then forward. One police officer fired his duty weapon, striking the driver. The vehicle struck the officers’ patrol car, which was positioned at an angle in front of the reportedly stolen vehicle. The vehicle then traveled forward across the street, onto a sidewalk, and crashed into a building and then into unoccupied vehicles parked along the street. Police officers provided medical aid to the driver, who was later transported to the hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition. Two police officers were also transported to the hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries and released.