New Jersey police officer killed, 2nd officer wounded in capturing, authorities say

NEWARK, N.J. — One Newark, New Jersey, police officer was killed and one other was wounded in a capturing Friday night, authorities mentioned.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace confirmed in an e mail to The Related Press that two Newark cops had been shot round 6:37 p.m. within the space of Broadway and Carteret.

The officers had been taken to College Hospital in Newark and one was critically injured, the workplace mentioned, noting the capturing stays underneath investigation.

They officers had been shot within the line of responsibility, Robert W. Fox, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police-New Jersey State Lodge, mentioned in an announcement posted on Fb.

“One Officer has made the last word sacrifice, and the opposite is receiving remedy for his or her wounds on the time of this launch,” the assertion mentioned.