VORHEES TOWNSHIP, NJ — A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a driver during a road rage incident in New Jersey while he was off duty.
Voorhees Township police said NYPD Officer Hieu Tran, 27, shot a man with his department-issued firearm after a late-night multi-vehicle crash in May.
The injured man, 30, is still being treated, according to police.
NYPD officer suspended without pay
Tran, who is from Yonkers, New York, was arrested in New York City on June 6 and also charged with second-degree aggravated assault and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
CBS New York
Tran is being held in New York pending extradition to New Jersey. NYPD told CBS New York “the officer is currently suspended without pay.”
Police said they used surveillance video, cellphone records and ballistic evidence to identify Tran as the suspected shooter.
The crash happened around 11 p.m. on May 17 at the intersection of Route 73 and Cooper Road in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, about 15 miles southeast of Philadelphia.
