One cop is dead and another fighting for his life after a shootout with a 14-year-old gunman who fired 29 times at police.
Bullets flew between pedestrians near a McDonald’s and a White Castle in Newark before the teenager was finally gunned down by other officers.
The shooting began about 6.30pm on Friday around the intersection of Carteret Street and Broadway. What sparked the gunfight is not yet clear.
Both wounded officers were rushed to University Hospital, where one of them, aged just 25, was pronounced dead.
The other is ‘fighting for his life’ in critical condition after he was shot several times, the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association said.
More to come.
