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Man, 19, fatally shot by detective in Vineland

Shooting is being investigated by N.J. Attorney General's Office.

Unidentified man was fatally shot in Vineland by a law-enforcement officer on Thursday.
Unidentified man was fatally shot in Vineland by a law-enforcement officer on Thursday.Read moreGoogle

A 19-year-old Millville man was fatally shot by a law-enforcement officer Thursday afternoon in Cumberland County, state authorities said.

Around 3:30 p.m., detectives from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and Lower Township Police Department were in the parking lot of Just Four Wheels vehicle rentals at 2587 S. Delsea Dr. in Vineland "conducting a law enforcement operation" when a detective shot Jacob Servais, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said in a statement.

Servais, who was identified on Friday, was taken by ambulance to Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, where he was pronounced dead. None of the detectives were hurt.

The shooting was being investigated by the Attorney General's Shooting Response Team.