Suspect killed in police-involved shooting in Newark

Friday, April 7, 2017
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting in Newark.

It happened just after 5 p.m. Thursday on Hunterdon Street.
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Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said Newark police officers shot a suspect who fired a shotgun at them.

Police were dispatched to a building at the intersection of Hunterdon Street and Custer Avenue on reports of a suspect with a shotgun with the caller providing a detailed description of the suspect, Ambrose said.

At the building, police say the officers shot the suspect after he fired the shotgun at them and missed.
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No police officers were shot in the incident, authorities said.
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