King, 35, was a teacher at School 5 in Jersey City. She had worked in the Jersey City Public School District since 2013.
Tuesday morning in what authorities are calling a domestic violence incident. Lucas Cooper was arrested and detained in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
He is charged, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and endangering the welfare of a child in the shooting death of Temara King, at the Toy Factory Apartments at 340 Bergen Ave. King, 35, taught third grade at School 5 in Jersey City, according to the school district website. She had worked in the Jersey City Public School District since 2013.Just after 7 a.m., Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired on the third floor of the building and located King with multiple gunshot wounds. She was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 8:06 a.m., the prosecutor said. Since the incident is being investigated as an act of domestic violence, additional information cannot be released at this time, the prosecutor’s office said. Suarez credited her department’s Homicide Unit, the Jersey City Police Department, New Jersey State Police, Pennsylvania State Police, the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey, the United States Marshals Service Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, and the Allentown, Pennsylvania, Police Department with the investigation and arrest.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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