Armed Ex-NYPD Officer Fatally Shot By NJ Police
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Authorities say retired New York City police officer was fatally shot by New Jersey police after he fled into the woods with a gun.
Paul Loriquet, spokesman for the state attorney general's office, said that Patrick Fennell, 57, was shot and killed by an Ocean County SWAT team around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Little Egg Harbor man's wife called police and told them her husband was acting erratically in the basement of their home, where he had weapons, and she thought she heard gunfire, Loriquet said.
Fennell fled into the woods and was seen holding a handgun as he left his home, authorities said. Local police called in assistance from the Ocean County SWAT team. The officers fired multiple shots, killing him, authorities said. Investigators said a handgun was recovered at the scene.
The attorney general's office is investigating.
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