TRENTON — The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on March 8, 2024, in Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. One adult male civilian sustained fatal injuries. One Hamilton officer sustained multiple gunshot wounds and remains hospitalized. Their identities are not being released at this time.

According to the preliminary information, officers from the Hamilton Township Police Department responded to a residence on Orchard Avenue after a 911 call involving a domestic incident was received at approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, March 8. During the encounter, a civilian armed with a rifle exchanged gunfire with two officers at approximately 10:10 p.m. The civilian was fatally wounded and pronounced dead at the scene. One officer was also struck and is being treated in a hospital for his injuries. A firearm was recovered near the civilian.

A 2019 law, P.L. 2019, c. 1, requires the Attorney General’s Office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody. It requires that all such investigations be presented to a grand jury to determine if the evidence supports the return of an indictment against the officer or officers involved.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

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