NoSurviivors
04-05-2007, 06:58 PM
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This is about 4 miles away from my house.. everyones freaking out. Rt 22 is closed and I heard the closed I78.. glad I stayed home.
(the last major upheval was a drunk driver, and a cow with the shits or something... pretty quiet out here)
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-25/117579537282590.xml&storylist=jersey
Authorities: FBI agent killed in N.J. bank robbery shootout
4/5/2007, 5:20 p.m. EDT
By DAVID PORTER
The Associated Press
READINGTON, N.J. (AP) — An FBI agent was killed in a shootout with three bank robbery suspects Thursday in north central New Jersey, a law enforcement official said.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agent's family had not been told of his death, said the agent was alive when brought to University Hospital in Newark by helicopter, but efforts to save him failed.
"He didn't make it," the official said.
Other law enforcement officials, also speaking anonymously because the investigation was ongoing, said agents were investigating a string of recent bank robberies in central New Jersey when they came upon the suspects outside a bank on Route 22 in Readington. A shootout ensued.
Two suspects were captured and one was being sought in nearby woods, officials said.
The shooting death marked the first time an FBI agent has been killed in the line of duty in New Jersey, according to profiles of the agents killed on duty posted on the FBI's Web site.
The shootout occurred in a commercial area only a few miles from the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.
Two PNC branches are near the shooting, though none of the suspects are believed to have entered either branch, according to a person familiar with Pittsburgh-based PNC's operations. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not participating in the investigation.
State police were coordinating the search for the third suspect, Capt. Al Della Fave said. Close to 100 officers fanned out in the area near Fox Hollow Golf Club to look for the suspect, described as a possible Hispanic male, about 6-foot-2, wearing a sweat shirt and missing a shoe. He was last seen heading on foot toward Route 78, near Route 22.
State Route 22 was closed off, and about two dozen police cars were massed around the area of a PNC Bank while several helicopters circled overhead.
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This is about 4 miles away from my house.. everyones freaking out. Rt 22 is closed and I heard the closed I78.. glad I stayed home.
(the last major upheval was a drunk driver, and a cow with the shits or something... pretty quiet out here)
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-25/117579537282590.xml&storylist=jersey
Authorities: FBI agent killed in N.J. bank robbery shootout
4/5/2007, 5:20 p.m. EDT
By DAVID PORTER
The Associated Press
READINGTON, N.J. (AP) — An FBI agent was killed in a shootout with three bank robbery suspects Thursday in north central New Jersey, a law enforcement official said.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agent's family had not been told of his death, said the agent was alive when brought to University Hospital in Newark by helicopter, but efforts to save him failed.
"He didn't make it," the official said.
Other law enforcement officials, also speaking anonymously because the investigation was ongoing, said agents were investigating a string of recent bank robberies in central New Jersey when they came upon the suspects outside a bank on Route 22 in Readington. A shootout ensued.
Two suspects were captured and one was being sought in nearby woods, officials said.
The shooting death marked the first time an FBI agent has been killed in the line of duty in New Jersey, according to profiles of the agents killed on duty posted on the FBI's Web site.
The shootout occurred in a commercial area only a few miles from the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.
Two PNC branches are near the shooting, though none of the suspects are believed to have entered either branch, according to a person familiar with Pittsburgh-based PNC's operations. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not participating in the investigation.
State police were coordinating the search for the third suspect, Capt. Al Della Fave said. Close to 100 officers fanned out in the area near Fox Hollow Golf Club to look for the suspect, described as a possible Hispanic male, about 6-foot-2, wearing a sweat shirt and missing a shoe. He was last seen heading on foot toward Route 78, near Route 22.
State Route 22 was closed off, and about two dozen police cars were massed around the area of a PNC Bank while several helicopters circled overhead.
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