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State won't take over probe of fatal Bridgeton police shooting

The investigation of a fatal police shooting in Bridgeton, N.J., in which, civil rights activists say, a man with no weapon in his hands died in a "hail of bullets" will remain with the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office despite concerns of an alleged conflict of interest involving it.

Demonstrators participate in a march in Bridgeton, N.J., earlier this month to protest the shooting death of Jerame Reid who was killed by Bridgeton police after a traffic stop on Dec. 30. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Edward Lea)
Demonstrators participate in a march in Bridgeton, N.J., earlier this month to protest the shooting death of Jerame Reid who was killed by Bridgeton police after a traffic stop on Dec. 30. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Edward Lea)Read more
    by Barbara Boyer, Michael Boren, and Emily Babay, INQUIRER AND PHILLY.COM STAFF, Inquirer
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