A man died after being shot by police during an alleged attempted burglary early Sunday morning in Haddon Township, the New Jersey attorney general’s office said.
Haddon Township police responded just after 1 a.m. to a call about an attempted burglary at an apartment complex on West Crystal Lake Avenue in Westmont, the attorney general’s office said.
Officers found a man in the stairwell armed with a knife. A police officer fired his weapon, hitting the man, the AG’s office said. Officers provided medical aid at the scene and then the man was transported to Cooper University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the police found a knife at the scene.
The identities of the police officer and the man who was shot have not been released.
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the incident.
