Cops Shot, Corrections Worker Dead in NJ Police Station Shootout
Cops Shot, Corrections Worker Dead in NJ Police Station Shootout
Wayne Lapierre talks about “good guys with guns” being an answer to the problem of increasing gun violence in the U.S. In this case one of Wayne’s “Good Guys” — a trained, professional corrections officer, shoots police officers and dies from return fire. If no guns were present in this scenario, it’s probable that the injuries would be light and that nobody would have died.
The man who “unleashed a barrage of gunfire” on three police officers this morning in New Jersey was an employee of the New Jersey Department of Corrections who had been arrested for allegedly stalking his ex-girlfriend’s home.
The suspect was shot dead in the police station. Three police officers also were shot but are expected to make full recoveries.
Eddie Jones III, 39, of Willingboro, N.J., was arrested around 1 a.m., when he was found allegedly stalking the home of his former girlfriend. Jones was employed by the Department of Corrections as a civilian communications officer, not a sworn corrections officer, police said.
Jones was then transported to the Gloucester Township Police Department for processing related to his charges.