ENGLEWOOD, NJ – State officials are investigating a September 3rd fatal shooting by a police officer in Englewood New Jersey that killed one person.
Today, the New Jersey attorney general’s office issued the following statement:
The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred the morning of Saturday, September 3 in Englewood, N.J. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries. His identity is not being released at this time.
According to the preliminary investigation, uniformed officers of the Englewood Police Department responded to a residence on West Englewood Avenue in the city of Englewood at approximately 8:29 a.m. in response to an initial 911 call involving a domestic dispute, from a caller who conveyed that an individual had been stabbed inside the residence. Englewood officers entered the residence. One individual was shot by police and pronounced deceased at Englewood Hospital at 9:17 a.m.
This investigation is being conducted pursuant to Attorney General Directive 2019-4, which implements the statutory requirement that the Attorney General’s Office conduct the investigation of any death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody, and which establishes clear standards and procedures for conducting such investigations.