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DEVELOPING: Officer-Involved Shooting Under Investigation in East Orange

East Orange

By: Ricard L. Smith

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are on the scene of a police-involved shooting in East Orange at this time. 

According to a preliminary investigation, police pursued a vehicle where the suspects bailed from the car near the intersection of Arlington and Springdale around noon which initiating the pursuit. 

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During the course of the incident, at least one police officer fired his weapon. It is not clear if the suspects returned fire or produced a weapon. 

Essex County Prosecutor's Office Spokesman Robert Florida said no injuries resulted from the incident. 

A NJ Transit bus was involved in the collision. Three suspects remain at large. 

The investigations active and ongoing. 

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