An investigation is underway after a fatal officer-involved shooting in the Hudson Valley.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 12 in Orange County, in the Town of Wallkill.
Officers responded to a reported dispute on Schutt Road and Avenue A.
According to Town of Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman, During an ensuing encounter with a suspect, a Town of Wallkill police officer discharged his service weapon, striking the subject at least once.
After officers rendered emergency first aid, the suspect was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.
When he returned to living in Sullivan County he transitioned to a career in sales in the automobile industry, and he was in the midst of another transition, said his girlfriend of two years, Donna Hoey. I was ready to move in with him in two weeks, said Hoey, who lives in Congers, a hamlet in the Rockland County town of Clarkstown.
The couple had been looking for a place to call home in Pennsylvania, she said. He was so excited to want to move and get out of there, Hoey said. He was like, I just can t wait to get out. And he never made it.
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