Man shot, killed by officer in Atlantic County after stealing police vehicle, source says
By Dawn Timmeney and FOX 29 staff
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Man shot, killed by officer in Atlantic County after stealing police vehicle, source says
A source tells FOX 29 a man was shot and killed after stealing a police vehicle in South Jersey Monday afternoon.
ATLANTIC COUNTY, N.J. - A source tells FOX 29 a man was shot and killed by an officer after stealing a police vehicle in South Jersey.
It started with a crash on Harding Highway in Gloucester County Monday afternoon.
A Franklin Township police officer responded to the crash. When he got out of his vehicle to attend to those involved in the wreck, a man walking along the street, who was not involved in the crash, jumped into the police vehicle and took off, according to the source.