A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he shot another man in an apparent road rage incident in New Jersey, prosecutors said.
Hieu Tran, 27, was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault in the second degree and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to a statement from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
Trans’s attorney did not immediately respond to request for comment. The NYPD said Tran is currently suspended without pay.
On May 17, just after 11 p.m., officers with the Voorhees Township Police Department responded to a multi-car crash and observed that one of the drivers involved had a gunshot wound, the prosecutor’s office statement said.
The unidentified 30-year-old Voorhees Township man was transported to a local hospital where he remains under treatment, the statement said.
Prosecutors said detectives used surveillance footage, cellphone records and ballistic evidence to identify Tran as the shooter in the “apparent road rage incident.” That ballistics evidence at the scene was linked to Tran’s NYPD-issued firearm, prosecutors said.
Tran is being held in New York pending extradition to New Jersey.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, the investigation is active and ongoing.
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