A shooter opened fire outside a New Jersey hotel early Thursday, injuring two officers, including one from the NYPD, according to law enforcement officials.
After tracking a man sought for a deadly shooting in East Harlem, NYPD investigators were called to the Raritan Hotel on King Georges Post Road in Fords when the suspect’s girlfriend showed up, according to sources. The suspect’s girlfriend reportedly made a disturbance and ended up in handcuffs before the wanted shooter, who was inside the hotel, opened fire.
Sources claim that a local New Jersey officer was subsequently hit in the back and an NYPD cop was hit in the foot.
Along with a marked cruiser, footage shows NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry arriving and departing the site in an unmarked SUV.
The state Attorney General’s office is in charge of the inquiry, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.