Authorities are still trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting, which took place near West Park Drive and Bloomfield Avenue around 6:15 p.m., according to Anthony Ambrose, chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
The man, only identified as the suspect in an ongoing Sheriff’s Office investigation, was shot once in the chest by an undercover detective and rushed into surgery at University Hospital, according to Ambrose. He was pronounced dead around 9 p.m., Ambrose said.
The detective was not shot, but he was also taken to University Hospital because he was "shaken up," Ambrose said. It was not immediately clear if the suspect approached the detective or pointed a weapon at him before he was shot, according to Ambrose.
Details were thin because the detective was still being treated at the hospital late tonight and was unable to be interviewed by investigators, Ambrose said.
The Sheriff’s Office’s Internal Affairs Unit, the Prosecutor’s Office homicide squad and the Prosecutor’s Professional Standards Bureau are investigating the shooting, which was the third burst of gunfire in Newark involving a law enforcement official this week and the fifth in the past month.
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The VICTIM rather was a former NJ resident who traveled to NJ for a high school reunion this weekend! Why would police question why a man would visit his buddies in a park? The incident happened around 6pm, isn’t it still light? The victim leaves behind a grieving wife and 4 now fatherless children. There are holes in this story a mile long! Is the “sexual complaint” accusation an attempt to embarrass his family? The victim had NO gun therefore why was he shot? In another media outlet it was reported that the Officer was “shaken up”…? Why isn’t he identified? Why was he sedated? There be an immediate Prosecutors and Grand Jury Investigation done at once to determine this an “wrongful death declaration” of this grievous mistake. The Sheriff’s undercover detective killed an innocent man. The victim was my cousin Defarra Ivan Gaymon, formerly of Montclair, highly respected Bank CEO and adored family man. Our family is shocked, sadden and determined to know why Defarra was taken from us this way.
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