Shooting In Cumberland County NJ, Death – The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after one person was shot and killed Thursday evening. Deputies responded to calls about a shooting just before 8:45 p.m. in the 5400 block of Miranda Drive. When deputies arrived they found a man who was unresponsive outside with gunshot wounds. Sunday, December 24, the sheriff’s office identified the man as 33-year-old Duane Quarles Jr of Plainfield, New Jersey Officers said he was pronounced dead on the scene. PSP investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in Cumberland County On March 7, Hampden Township Police were dispatched to the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township for a disturbance.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cumberland County. According to PSP, on March 7, Hampden Township Police were dispatched to the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township for a disturbance. The person reportedly displayed a gun while police were at the scene, prompting officers to fire, striking the person. The individual was pronounced dead at the scene. The name of the individual has not been released at this time, pending next-of-kin notifications. The Cumberland County Coroner’s Office says the person was from the United Kingdom. There is no threat to the public, according to PSP.
Cumberland County police are investigating a triple shooting that led to the deaths of two teenagers on Saturday night. Police in Bridgeton, New Jersey, say they were called to the scene on the 100 block of Oxford Street just after 11:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found a 16-year-old female and a 17-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds. The two teens were pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say another victim, a 17-year-old male, also sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. There is no word yet on the identities of the victims. The investigation later revealed that the three victims were on the front porch of an area residence when someone approached and fired several shots at them. Officials say the shooter immediately fled the scene. Authorities believe the victims were targeted in this shooting. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
Three teens were ambushed as they sat on the porch outside a Cumberland County, New Jersey, home over the weekend, leaving two of them dead, according to police. The shooting that left a 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy dead took place around 11:40 p.m. Saturday along the 100 block of Oxford Street, in Bridgeton, Bridgeton police said in a Monday news release. Officers arrived to find the two teens dead and a third teen a 17-year-old boy bleeding from a gunshot wound, police said. That boy was rushed to the hospital where he remained in stable condition Monday. None of the teens who have not been named lived on Oxford Street, police said, but rather lived in elsewhere in Bridgeton.
Authorities in Cumberland County continue to investigate a Thursday night shooting in which police officers fatally shot a man who allegedly had a gun along Conodoguinet Creek. Cumberland County District Attorney Seán McCormack told WGAL on Friday that his office will be reviewing body camera footage from police officers and conducting interviews about the shooting. Advertisement Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release Thursday that Hampden Township officers who opened fire on the person with a gun were called to a home along the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road for a disturbance. Hampden Township police Chief Chris Yerg said the call for service was related to mental health.
A person who did not want to be named but lives in the area where the shooting took place and witnessed the incident told WGAL the person shot was a man who had walked away from the home where the disturbance took place and was sitting on a bench by the creek. After some time, the witness said the man, who was armed with a gun, began approaching police officers who had taken up a position further up the road around the intersection of Erbs Bridge Road and Good Hope Road. Despite officers’ attempts after some time to get the man to drop the gun, the witness said the man then began approaching the officers with the gun and his arm extended or raised. The witness said he heard at least three gunshots.
