Police justified in killing man who pointed gun after N.J. chase, grand jury finds

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The New York man led officers on a chase through three counties before the fatal shooting in April 2020, according to officials.

was justified and no criminal charges would be filed against the officers, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday.

“Mr. Pullman failed to stop for the marked police vehicle with lights and sirens activated. After the attempted stop, a pursuit ensued through multiple municipalities,” the office’s statement said. “Footage from the [police vehicle camera] in the Fairfield police vehicle directly behind Mr. Pullman’s vehicle shows that when the pursuit ended, the driver’s side door of the Lexus immediately opened and Mr. Pullman began to exit with a handgun visible in his hand, leveled and pointed out from the car. The gun was pointed in the direction of an occupied Mountain Lakes police vehicle,” the Attorney General’s Office statement said.

The Attorney General’s Office identified those officers as Sgt. Frank Tracey, Officer James Ciampi and Officer Kevin Chen of the Fairfield Police Department, and Lt. Robert Franco of the Wayne Police Department.

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