A man armed with a knife detained a teenage girl in a residential area in Fort Lee, a town densely populated by Koreans in New Jersey, and was shot and killed by police during a confrontation with police.
According to the New Jersey State Prosecutor’s Office, the police received a report that a man was holding a teenager in a condominium in Fort Lee John Street at 8:13 am on the 4th.
While the confrontation between the dispatched police and the man continued for a long time, police agents tried to rescue the teenager from the condo on the third floor. During this process, the man, who was believed to be carrying a knife, suddenly acted violently and eventually the police fired a gun to quell it.
The gunshot victim at the hands of the police died at 10:39 am on the same day. Information about the man’s identity, his relationship with the detained teenager, and the motive for the incident have not been released as of 4:00 pm on the 5th.
In this regard, according to NBC, it is known that he visited Fort Lee from Las Vegas with his family.