Man killed in a shooting that involved police in Cape May County
There was no ongoing threat to the public from the Middle Township shooting, prosecutors said.
New Jersey officials are investigating a shooting that involved police in Middle Township, Cape May County, that left a person dead Friday morning.
The incident occurred near Route 9 and Satt Boulevard just before 10:30 a.m. Friday, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. One man was killed, though officials did not identify him publicly.
The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said no further details about the circumstances of the incident or the people involved were immediately available. Officials said the shooting involved police but did not specify who fired the shot that killed the man, or how many officers were involved.
There was no ongoing threat to the public, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The area where the shooting took place was closed as the investigation progressed Friday afternoon, the Middle Township Police Department said in a social media post.
Prosecutors noted the scene had been secured, and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office was investigating the incident.
Middle Township police referred requests for comment to the prosecutor’s office, which referred requests to the state attorney general’s office.
New Jersey law requires the attorney general’s office to conduct an investigation when a person dies during an encounter with law enforcement. The results of the investigation are to be presented to a grand jury, the prosecutor’s office said.
