A 76-year-old New Jersey man is in critical condition after state police responded to a 911 call to the wrong house — and shot him as he stood in his own living room, authorities said.
Emergency dispatchers received a 911 call about 11:30pm Friday from a location in Cumberland County, but the caller hung up without giving a location.
The call appeared to have come from a house on Centerton Road and two uniformed state troopers responded. At the time, they didn't realize the call hadn't come from that address.
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Terrible. Why shoot the man?
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ReplyDeletePrayers for the poor gentleman.
Pocomoke City Police did this several years ago. They wanted to raid the house of a man for drug charges but raided his cousin's house instead. Nobody was shot but they scared the bejeebers out of an innocent family.
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ReplyDeleteHe will be a millionaire.
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