By Alicia Cruz
The New Jersey Newsroom
Naquan Johnson, the man wanted in connection to a crime spree that included him shooting a man in the head, was killed by two members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force Wednesday as they attempted to arrest him, The Altoona
Mirror reported.
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office said the Task Force found Johnson in the upstairs bedroom of a home in the 200 block of Cherrywood Drive around 6:30 p.m with a handgun and shot him after he made a "threatening gesture" at the arresting officers.
The Marshals wereevaluated at a local hospital and released. Neither sustained any "significant injuries" and the shooting will be reviwed by the Attorney General's Shooting Response Team, which is standard procedure in all police related shootings, the Courier Post reported.
Johnson, of Williamstown, was wanted for the sexual assault of an 18-year-old Collingswood woman at a Collings Avenue apartment who rejected his advances, police said. When the woman rejected Johnson, police say he tasered then sexually assaulted her at gunpoint before shooting a 21-year-old Philadelphia man during the same incident.
The victim was in critical condition Wednesday night at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton.
Johnson, according to New Jersey State Department of Corrections records, was no stranger to trouble. Their records show he was released from state custody in February after serving a prison term for aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
Residents described the apartment building where the sexual assault and shooting occurred, which is located near the Haddon Township as a run-down, disturbance infested residence riddled with drug activity and prositution, the Courier Post reported.
Collingswood Police Chief Richard Sarlo agreed, saying following years of calls about disturbances at the apartment building, Collingswood officials threatened to revoke the owner's rental license about a month ago and improvements had been made since then.
"Disruptive tenants have been evicted and the police department's calls for service to the building have dropped significantly. Do I see a difference in that building? Yes," said Sarlo, who added that he met with the building's owner again Wednesday.
The New Jersey Newsroom
Naquan Johnson, the man wanted in connection to a crime spree that included him shooting a man in the head, was killed by two members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force Wednesday as they attempted to arrest him, The Altoona
Mirror reported.
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office said the Task Force found Johnson in the upstairs bedroom of a home in the 200 block of Cherrywood Drive around 6:30 p.m with a handgun and shot him after he made a "threatening gesture" at the arresting officers.
The Marshals wereevaluated at a local hospital and released. Neither sustained any "significant injuries" and the shooting will be reviwed by the Attorney General's Shooting Response Team, which is standard procedure in all police related shootings, the Courier Post reported.
Johnson, of Williamstown, was wanted for the sexual assault of an 18-year-old Collingswood woman at a Collings Avenue apartment who rejected his advances, police said. When the woman rejected Johnson, police say he tasered then sexually assaulted her at gunpoint before shooting a 21-year-old Philadelphia man during the same incident.
The victim was in critical condition Wednesday night at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton.
Johnson, according to New Jersey State Department of Corrections records, was no stranger to trouble. Their records show he was released from state custody in February after serving a prison term for aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
Residents described the apartment building where the sexual assault and shooting occurred, which is located near the Haddon Township as a run-down, disturbance infested residence riddled with drug activity and prositution, the Courier Post reported.
Collingswood Police Chief Richard Sarlo agreed, saying following years of calls about disturbances at the apartment building, Collingswood officials threatened to revoke the owner's rental license about a month ago and improvements had been made since then.
"Disruptive tenants have been evicted and the police department's calls for service to the building have dropped significantly. Do I see a difference in that building? Yes," said Sarlo, who added that he met with the building's owner again Wednesday.
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