OFFICERS OPENS FIRE, SUSPECT DIES, SECOND SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Monday afternoon. At approximately 2 p.m., Atlantic City Police received a report of two armed males in the Stanley Holmes Village Apartment Complex. One suspect, a 24-year-old male, from Atlantic City, followed the officers’ commands and dropped his weapon. The other suspect, an 18-year-old male also from Atlantic City, allegedly disregarded the order to disarm and fled from police on foot. A pursuit of the armed suspect entailed, which ended on the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where a uniformed officer allegedly fired shots; wounding the 18-year-old suspect. The suspect later died at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. The 24-year-old suspect is in custody. Police are withholding their names at this time.