Sons of shooting victim sue NJ town, police department
NEW YORK - The two grown sons of Barry Deloatch filed the suit Monday, naming New Brunswick, N.J., and the New Brunswick Police Department..
From NBC New York:
Two men whose father was shot dead by police in New Jersey are suing the town and the local police department.
The two grown sons of Barry Deloatch filed the suit Monday, naming New Brunswick, N.J., and the New Brunswick Police Department.
Walter L. Hudson, a spokesman for the Deloatch family, called again for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in the case.
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Deloatch, 47, was shot just after midnight on Sept. 22, after two police officers chased him into an alley off Throop Avenue and Handy Street. Prosecutors said the officers, who were on routine patrol, stopped to question Deloatch and two other men, and Deloatch fled.
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The officers then followed him into an alley, “where a struggle ensued and resulted in the shooting,” prosecutors said in a statement.
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