Officer shot in NJ police station out of hospital

December 30, 2012 @ 3:43 pm

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The last of three police officers shot and wounded by an arrested man inside a southern New Jersey police station has left the hospital.

Gloucester Township authorities say Sgt. James Garber, who underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to his abdomen, was discharged Sunday. His two colleagues, Officer Ruth Burns and Sgt. Kevin Thine, were both released Friday, the day the shooting occurred.

The arrested man, Willingboro resident Eddie Jones III, was a state Department of Corrections civilian employee who had been accused of stalking a former girlfriend.

Jones was shot and killed after he overpowered Burns and disarmed her. Authorities say Jones fired at Burns, but Garber and Thine quickly came to her aid and returned fire on Jones.


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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    My Two Cents...............
    December 28, 2012 5:06 am
    In order to prevent things like this from happening, we need to arm police offic....

    Er....wait. Police officers are already armed with guns......and this guy still managed to shoot the place up and wound people.

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  • Saltchucker wrote...
    Wow.
    December 28, 2012 11:59 am
    I think the internal investigation report on this one will be interesting. Overpowering a female officer and getting her gun inside the station!? At least this did happen IN the station and not in public with bystanders around.
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