By Tiffany Williams –
VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN NEW JERSEY
A child has been arrested after, officials said, a boy was killed in a shooting that happened in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, on Monday night.
According to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer, a child — who officials have not identified — has been arrested and charged after a boy was killed by being shot in the back in an incident that happened at about 8:17 p.m. on Sunday.
At that time, officials said, officers responded to the area along Pearl Street in Lakewood Township to find a boy — who police have not identified — who had been shot once in the back.
The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where, police said, he died of his injuries.
An investigation into the incident, officials said, led to the arrest of a child who has been charged with murder and weapon offenses for their suspected involvement in the shooting.
The child, police said, was being held at the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center as of Monday morning.
FATAL CRASH SHUTS DOWN ROUTE 15
One person died after a motor vehicle accident on Route 15 in New Canaan, Connecticut according to Connecticut State Police.
At around 6:20 p.m., DOT reported that Route 15 Southbound was closed between Exits 15 and 14 due to a single motor vehicle accident.
State police confirmed that one person died due to serious injuries from the accident.
HARTFORD POLICE SHOOTING UNDER INVESTIGATION
In Connecticut, the Office of the Inspector General released new details on Monday involving an incident on Friday where a man was shot by a police officer in Hartford.
Police were called by a family member of 55-year-old Steven Jones around 11 a.m. on Friday “to seek assistance because Jones was having an acute mental health crisis,” the Inspector General’s report said.
The family member said Jones cut himself and had a knife in his hand.
When officers arrived at 687 Blue Hills Ave., Jones was standing at the entrance to his apartment with the “large knife,” according to the report.
Jones then walked out onto the street with the knife and toward Officer Josue Charles, who backed away and repeatedly told Jones to drop the knife.
Charles tried deploying his Taser several times, but it didn’t work, the report said.
In the next five minutes, three more officers — Officers James Prignano, Jackeline Torres, and Joseph Magnano — arrived at the scene to assist.
They all asked Jones to drop the knife.
Several bystanders attempted to persuade him to drop it as well, according to the report.
Magnano was the last officer to arrive on the scene.
He approached Jones with his firearm out, asked him to drop the knife, and said, “You’re going to get shot.”
As Jones continued to walk toward Magnano with the knife, Magnano said, “Last time, drop the knife, drop it,” according to the report.
Magnano then shot Jones nine times, the report said.
Jones fell to the ground with gunshot wounds, and Officer Torres “quickly began to render medical aid to him.”
Emergency Medical Service personnel arrived within two minutes, and he was sent to the hospital, according to the report.
Jones is still in critical condition at the hospital’s intensive care unit, the report said.
The Office of Inspector General and the State Police’s Central District Major Crime Squad will continue the investigation.
U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN IRAN OPERATION
The U.S. military said Sunday that at least three service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded in the Iran operation, while President Donald Trump vowed America will “avenge their deaths.”
The president called the three service members “true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives.”
Trump went on to add: “Sadly, there will likely be more, before it ends. That’s the way it is. Likely be more.”
In Massachusetts, the Sudbury Police Department has announced that one of their dispatchers, Owen Gerow, who is currently deployed overseas with the U.S. Navy, sustained injuries during the conflict.
“He and his colleagues experienced several missile impacts resulting in minor injuries they are mending,” the police department wrote on Facebook Sunday.
“Please keep our military personnel in your thoughts!”