Englewood police officer fatally shoots person, state investigating

Philip DeVencentis, NorthJersey.com
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ENGLEWOOD — An Englewood police officer fatally shot a person in response to a domestic dispute on West Englewood Avenue on Saturday morning, according to the New Jersey Attorney General's office.

Officers responded at approximately 8:29 a.m. to a 911 call reporting a stabbing there. After police entered the home, one person was shot by police and pronounced dead at Englewood hospital at 9:17 a.m.

Officers from multiple jurisdictions — Bergenfield, Leonia and the Palisades Interstate Parkway among them — responded and taped off an entire block, from Orange Street to the traffic light at the corner of Lafayette Place.

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Jennifer Henry, a 15-year resident of Green Street, retuned home from running an errand to see the flashing lights. "The area has definitely changed," she said. "It's been a whole lot of — it's been different. To see this again, you know, it makes you wonder."

In February 2019, a 43-year-old man was charged with the stabbing deaths of his parents at the home they shared on Lafayette Place — two-tenths of a mile away from this weekend's event.

Pawel Boduch, a Polish immigrant, was apprehended in a supermarket parking lot after an hours-long manhunt.

Crime scene on West Englewood Avenue in Englewood, looking west from corner of Lafayette Place, on Sept. 3.
Crime scene on West Englewood Avenue in Englewood, looking west from corner of Lafayette Place, on Sept. 3.

On Friday evening, the county prosecutor said, a 30-year-old man was shot near the intersection of Humphrey Street and West Linden Avenue, also within a mile of Saturday's incident.

He is expected to recover. Henry said she is concerned about escalating violence in the neighborhood.

"It's sad, the way that it's turning out," Henry said. "I've seen yellow tape like that more than enough."

Philip DeVencentis is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

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