Investigation Underway After a Belleville Officer Fired His Weapon When a Driver Struck Him During a Traffic Stop
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting in Belleville on Oct. 25: a driver struck an officer during a stop at Mill Street and Union Avenue, the officer fired, and the vehicle fled. No one was hit by gunfire.
An investigation is underway into a police-involved shooting in Belleville on Sunday, Oct. 25, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in an official release read in full by this desk. Two Belleville police officers were conducting a motor vehicle stop at about 7:45 p.m. at Mill Street and Union Avenue when the driver struck one of the officers with his vehicle, according to the prosecutor's office.
That officer then discharged his weapon, and the vehicle left the scene, the prosecutor's office said. No one was struck by gunfire, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II, whose office is investigating the shooting.
Both officers were taken to Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said. The prosecutor's office did not identify the driver or the officers, and it did not say whether anyone had been arrested or charged. The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information was available, the office said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor's Office confidential tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC (1-877-847-7432).
