KEANSBURG – The person who police shot to loss of life after he stabbed a borough officer has been recognized as a neighborhood resident named James Sutton, 55, the state Lawyer Normal’s Workplace introduced Tuesday.
The male officer who was stabbed has undergone surgery after being hospitalized and is now recovering from his injuries, authorities mentioned.
At 3:21 p.m. final Thursday, a number of 911 calls have been made to police reporting a theft in progress on the Keansburg Pharmacy at 199 Predominant Avenue.
When officers arrived, Sutton was holding a big knife and threatening to hurt an worker at the pharmacy, the Lawyer Normal’s Workplace mentioned in its assertion.
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Sutton then stabbed one of many officers, earlier than different officers current fired their service weapons on the assailant, hanging and killing him. Sutton was pronounced useless on the scene, the assertion mentioned.
The officers who discharged their weapons have been recognized as Officer Jillian Putkowski, and Detectives Christopher Rogan and Richard Johnson, based on the assertion.
Linnel Fay, a relative of Sutton’s, mentioned she nonetheless doesn’t know precisely what occurred contained in the Keansburg Pharmacy.
“He was a beautiful man — he had issues,” she mentioned. She declined to say what her relationship to Sutton was earlier than ending the decision.
Sutton had a protracted legal file, based on municipal courtroom information.
Information present that he was convicted of against the law in 2013 — possessing a weapon as a convicted individual. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail with a five-year parole ineligibility date, based on Data Universe. It was unclear Tuesday how a lot time he spent in state jail.
He hung out behind bars for housebreaking, tried aggravated assault, drug offenses and forgery. He drew costs all through the Bayshore for theft, combating in public, legal mischief, shoplifting, driving whereas intoxicated and violations of home violence restraining orders.
The Lawyer Normal’s Workplace conducts all investigations in New Jersey associated to police-involved shootings.
Erik Larsen: 732-682-9359 or [email protected] or Ken Serrano: [email protected].
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