State investigating fatal shooting by Cherry Hill officer
CHERRY HILL A police shot dead a man Tuesday, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said Tuesday.
The incident occurred at around 2 p.m. Tuesday near the 3000 block of Chapel Avenue West in Cherry Hill. One man, identified only as a "male civilian" by the Attorney General's Office, was killed.
The state Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability is now investigating as required any time a death occurs during an encounter with law enforcement or while the decedent is in custody.
No further information was released.
Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has covered Camden and surrounding areas since 2015, concentrating on issues relating to quality of life and social justice for the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. She's called South Jersey home since 1971. Contact her with feedback, news tips or questions at ptrethan@gannettnj.com, on Twitter @By_Phaedra, or by phone at 856.486-2417.
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