KEARNY, Pa. (AP) - A New Jersey police officer fired his weapon at the driver of a car reported stolen, but no injuries were reported, authorities said.
The Hudson County prosecutor’s office said a Kearny police officer shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday spotted a car that had been reported stolen and tried to stop the vehicle. But prosecutors say the driver reversed and then drove toward the officer, and one officer discharged his weapon before the vehicle fled.
Police said the vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer cab in Newark a short time later, but the driver wasn’t found.
The state attorney general’s office was notified and is working with prosecutors on investigating the circumstances of the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators.
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