Attorney General’s Office investigates fatal police shooting in Burlington County

PEMBERTON TWP. — An investigation is underway into afatal police shooting here.

The state Attorney General’s Office has released few details about the incident, saying only that the victim, a man, was fatally shot in the Browns Mills area on Saturday.

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A gun was recovered near the man’s body, the agency said.

A state law requires an investigation into any death that involves a police officer acting in an official capacity or while a person is in custody.

The results of the investigation are to be presented to a grand jury to determine if any crimes were committed by the officer or officers involved.

A grand jury in April cleared a Pemberton Township officer in connection with the death of a 41-year-old motorcyclist, John R. Nutt of Mount Laurel, one year earlier.

Nutt, a motorcyclist, died in a collision with a civilian vehicle during a police pursuit.

Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Jwalsh@cpsj.com.

This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: AG’s Office provides few details about man’s death in Browns Mills