Authorities: Off-Duty Newark Cop Fatally Shoots Man Outside Union Township Bar
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Authorities in New Jersey are investigating after they say an off-duty Newark police officer shot and killed a man outside a bar overnight.
It happened early Friday morning at Paddy's Place on Rosemont Avenue in Union Township.
The Union County Prosecutor's Office said the preliminary investigation shows the officer, who has not been identified, got into some sort of altercation with 37-year-old Michael Gaffney of Piscataway.
At some point during the incident, authorities said the officer used his service weapon.
Gaffney was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The officer was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Prosecutor's Office Detective Kalebota at 908-527-4567