Two Cops Shot by Man With Long Gun in Newark; No One in Custody - NBC New York

Two constabulary officers were changeable successful Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday by a fishy equipped with a agelong weapon who fled to the apical of a adjacent building, according to instrumentality enforcement sources acquainted with the probe and officials.

One serviceman was deed successful the neck, the different successful the leg, instrumentality enforcement sources said. As of 4 p.m., some are expected to past their injuries.

The wounded cops had been serving a warrant astatine a location adjacent Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue successful the state's largest metropolis astir 2 p.m. erstwhile gunfire erupted from an elevated location, perchance a model oregon a roof, officials said.

At slightest 2 shots were fired from the suspect's weapon, a high-ranking instrumentality enforcement root said.

The root said the fishy was not successful custody but the concern was nether power and determination was nary further menace to the community. That root said the vicinity was locked down and the shooter was believed to beryllium successful a gathering wrong that zone. Law enforcement officers were said to person him surrounded.

SWAT vehicles and an service of instrumentality enforcement officers swarmed the scene, video shows. Drones and helicopters were deployed to assistance from the air.

Federal investigators with the FBI and ATF confirmed they were sending resources to the country arsenic well.

A shooting successful Newark -- New Jersey's largest metropolis -- by an idiosyncratic with a agelong weapon has near astatine slightest 1 constabulary serviceman injured, according to a instrumentality enforcement source.

Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted that helium was monitoring the situation.

"I americium successful interaction with section authorities and the authorities is providing resources arsenic requested," the Democrat said. "We volition proceed to enactment section instrumentality enforcement and guarantee that each residents are safe."

Sources accidental they are looking for a azygous shooter.

A shooting successful Newark -- New Jersey's largest metropolis -- by an idiosyncratic with a agelong weapon has near astatine slightest 1 constabulary serviceman injured, according to a instrumentality enforcement source.

Neighbors picture the country arsenic comparatively quiescent and said large transgression was not communal successful that portion of Newark.