Anderson, 36, was shot as she attempted to leave the Deptford Crossing shopping center after a confrontation with a security employee in a Marshalls store.
She was one of three people who allegedly stole goods worth $3,400 from the store on Clements Bridge Road, according to an account from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Store employees contacted police after recognizing the trio as alleged members of a theft ring, a court record says.
Clements fired three times as Anderson drove an SUV toward police officers, according to the prosecutor’s office. The shooting occurred moments after one officer was struck, but not seriously injured, by the vehicle s open door, it said.
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Witnesses said the man appeared to be seated next to a bicycle in the road s westbound travel lane, according to an account from West Deptford police. At this time it is unknown why the (man) was seated in the roadway and the investigation is ongoing, it said.
In Runnemede, police released a surveillance photo of a vehicle sought in connection with a hit-and-run accident on Jan. 3.
The victim in that accident, 61-year-old Frederick P. Murray of Stratford, died in a hospital Tuesday, police said.
Murray was struck as he crossed the Black Horse Pike at Clements Bridge Road around 4:40 p.m., police said.