The deaths happened during a wild melee between police and two suspects in which dozens of rounds of gunfire were exchanged for over an hour. An investigation
Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly will retire in February. Here’s a look back at his 34-year career.
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
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Michael Kelly said he remembers his first day at the Jersey City Police Academy like it was yesterday.
Kelly and his classmates were lined up outside of a building at Caven Point, where the academy used to be. A drill sergeant marched from the distance and appeared before them wearing high leather boots, a leather strap across his chest and a big hat.
The man began yelling at them to get in line and Kelly, for the first time, said to himself, “What the hell am I doing?”
Widow of Jersey City shooting victim says city promised her help that never came
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Miguel Douglas Rodriguez s widow, Martha Freire, of Harrison, holds pictures of her late husband who was fatally shot while working at the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City on Dec. 10, 2019. Photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.(Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal) Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey JournalReena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal
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A year after her husband was killed in the Jersey City shooting that left six dead and the whole of New Jersey shaken, a Harrison woman is claiming her family has yet to receive the help promised by city officials.
At State of the City, Fulop talks Dec. 10th shooting, COVID-19, defund the police movement
During his first virtual State of the City address, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop discussed a number of topics including the Greenville massacre that occurred last year, the COVID-19 pandemic, the defunding the police movement – among other things.
“That was the most difficult day I’ve ever experienced as mayor. I take solace in the fact that our police officers and police leadership did an outstanding job in keeping a terrible situation from becoming much worse,” Fulop said during the taped, 25-minute speech which has been uploaded to YouTube.