NJ man falls to death over embankment during police pursuit, investigation launched

A New Jersey antheral fell to his decease implicit an embankment portion being pursued by police, prompting an probe by the authorities Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability.

A.G. Matthew J. Platkin announced the probe connected Friday, days aft the deadly confrontation unfolded successful Guttenberg, conscionable crossed the Hudson River from Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Police were called Tuesday conscionable aft 11 p.m. to 68th Street and Bellevue Avenue to analyse reports of a disturbance, the lawyer wide said. Authorities were provided with a statement of the individuals involved, including 1 idiosyncratic who was allegedly equipped with a gun.

Police were yet capable to find the imaginable fishy successful the country of 7000 John F. Kennedy Boulevard East, but helium fled upon spotting instrumentality enforcement.

The fishy past climbed “over a railing adjacent to the gathering aft a ft chase, and fell to his death implicit an embankment,” according to the lawyer general. He was pronounced dead connected the country aft occurrence section and EMS unit responded to the incident.

Platkin said “a weapon was recovered connected the decedent’s idiosyncratic astatine the scene.”

Authorities declined to supply further details, including the quality of the disturbance that triggered their effect oregon immoderate identifying details of the suspect.

Per a 2019 law, the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability is required to probe each deaths amid encounters with instrumentality enforcement. An probe into the substance is ongoing.