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

Police are involved in a shooting, leaving 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 are noticing a reported stolen SUV parked in the area of Clinton Place near the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue in Newark. Upon investigating, they are observing an adult male seated in the parked vehicle's front passenger seat. The officers are approaching the vehicle and, as they are detaining the passenger, a second male is exiting a nearby store, entering the vehicle, and getting behind the wheel. Police officers are then attempting to detain the male who has gotten into the driver's seat. A struggle is ensuing, and the vehicle is accelerating, initially backward and then forward. One police officer is firing his duty weapon, striking the driver. The vehicle is striking the officers' patrol car, which is positioned at an angle in front of the reportedly stolen vehicle. The vehicle is then traveling forward across the street, onto a sidewalk, and crashing into a building and then into unoccupied vehicles parked along the street. Police officers are providing medical aid to the driver, who is later transported to the hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition. Two police officers are also transported to the hospital, where they are treated for minor injuries and released. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto)