Officer Kills Suspect in Carjacking at Community College

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 28, 2011

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PATERSON -- A city police officer on Wednesday fatally shot a man driving a vehicle that was stolen in a violent carjacking hours earlier at Passaic County Community College, a prosecutor said.

Police had been looking for the car after someone beat up a 56- year-old man, described by the college president as an adjunct professor, in the faculty parking lot at College Boulevard and Church Street about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. An officer, whom police refused to identify, spotted the beige 2006 Nissan Altima just after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and stopped it near Governor and East 18th streets, said Chief Assistant Prosecutor John F. Latoracca.

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Officer Kills Suspect in Carjacking at Community College

The driver of the Altima pulled over but then tried to drive past the police cruiser once the officer approached the car. The driver eventually stopped, Latoracca s...

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