Category: Fires
OFF-DUTY NEW JERSEY TROOPER FIRES AT RETREATING TEENS WHO KNOCKED ON WRONG DOOR
The encounter occurred early Sunday morning at a home owned by Kissinger Barreau, a 2009 graduate of the New Jersey State Police Academy, according to NJ Advance Media. The state Attorney General’s office said their initial probe of the incident found that the three teens knocked on the front and back doors of Barreau’s residence in Sparta, New Jersey believing they were at the home of a friend. The off-duty trooper, meanwhile, thought the teens were burglars, the Attorney General’s office said.
One of the teens involved, 18-year-old Jesse Barkhorn, identified himself, as well as 18-year-old John Baker and 19-year-old Matthew Mayer, to NJ Advance Media as the three teens at the scene. Sparta police scanner recordings indicated that Mayer identified himself when “the homeowner confronted him at the door.” The trio fled the trooper’s property once they realized they were at the wrong residence.
The trooper followed them into the street, according to the Attorney General’s office. He tried to stop the vehicle, then fired three rounds, one of which hit a tire.
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