Shaahid Forshee Charged With Attempted Murder After Allegedly Shooting Off-Duty New Jersey Police Officer
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- A man arrested for allegedly shooting an off-duty police officer in New Jersey has been identified.
Thirty-six-year-old Shaahid Forshee, of East Orange, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Investigators say he fired the shot that grazed the off-duty officer, who was trying to stop a robbery inside a convenience store in West Orange on Monday afternoon.
The off-duty officer was taken to University Hospital in Newark with non-life threatening injuries.
