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Man Dead, Troopers Injured After Jersey Shootout
Sunday, April 20, 2008
MANNINGTON, N.J. - A teenager in a stolen car led police Saturday on a
high-speed chase and later shot at two troopers, who returned fire and
killed him, authorities said.
The two troopers were wounded, but their injuries were not considered
life-threatening, said state police Sgt. Stephen Jones.
The chase began at about 3:40 a.m. when the troopers tried to pull over two
cars speeding at high speeds in South Jersey. The chase lasted for several
miles.
One of the cars, a Chevy Malibu, then rolled to a stop in front of a
farmhouse along the highway in Mannington, about 15 miles southeast of
Wilmington, Del. Curtis Hayden Boyd Jr., 19, of Newark, Del., then got out
of the car and ran into the open side of an outbuilding on the farm, police
said.
The troopers ran in after Boyd and he shot at them, authorities said.
Matthew Szustowicz, 26, was hit in the hand and wrist area while Luis
Tomlinson, 25, was struck in the face and ear.
At least one of the troopers shot back, killing Boyd. The state Attorney
General's Office was reviewing the incident, which is standard procedure in
a trooper-involved shooting.
The Malibu had been stolen from Kennett Square, Pa., while the other car
involved had been stolen in Elmer a short time before the chase began, Jones
said. It was later found at a Red Roof Inn in Christiana, Del., and Delaware
State Police arrested a man in that area on Saturday.
Man Dead, Troopers Injured After Jersey Shootout
Sunday, April 20, 2008
MANNINGTON, N.J. - A teenager in a stolen car led police Saturday on a
high-speed chase and later shot at two troopers, who returned fire and
killed him, authorities said.
The two troopers were wounded, but their injuries were not considered
life-threatening, said state police Sgt. Stephen Jones.
The chase began at about 3:40 a.m. when the troopers tried to pull over two
cars speeding at high speeds in South Jersey. The chase lasted for several
miles.
One of the cars, a Chevy Malibu, then rolled to a stop in front of a
farmhouse along the highway in Mannington, about 15 miles southeast of
Wilmington, Del. Curtis Hayden Boyd Jr., 19, of Newark, Del., then got out
of the car and ran into the open side of an outbuilding on the farm, police
said.
The troopers ran in after Boyd and he shot at them, authorities said.
Matthew Szustowicz, 26, was hit in the hand and wrist area while Luis
Tomlinson, 25, was struck in the face and ear.
At least one of the troopers shot back, killing Boyd. The state Attorney
General's Office was reviewing the incident, which is standard procedure in
a trooper-involved shooting.
The Malibu had been stolen from Kennett Square, Pa., while the other car
involved had been stolen in Elmer a short time before the chase began, Jones
said. It was later found at a Red Roof Inn in Christiana, Del., and Delaware
State Police arrested a man in that area on Saturday.
