Police officer fatally shot a man in South Jersey, Attorney General says

New Jersey’s Attorney General is investigating a South Jersey police officer who shot and killed a man in Gloucester County on Sunday afternoon.

Officers responded to a 911 call at a home on Fox Run Road in Deptford Township, just before 1:30 p.m., when an officer fired his gun with what officials said was intent to wound, but fatally shot the man instead. The man was pronounced dead just before 2 p.m., when emergency medical personnel arrived on the scene, per officials.

The investigation is ongoing and the attorney general did not release the identity of the officer or the man. Authorities did not release other details, including what prompted the 911 call.

This is Deptford’s second police shooting in five years. Residents protested the death of LaShonda Anderson, whom Deptford Officer Kevin Clements fatally shot after she allegedly shoplifted from a Marshalls in 2018. Though Clements was never indicted for the shooting, Deptford failed to dismiss claims in a more recent lawsuit that charged the township with failing to properly train, supervise, and investigate its officers.

Fifty-nine excessive force complaints were filed against Deptford officers from 2011 to 2018, according to the ongoing lawsuit, but none were sustained.