A Newark police officer was found guilty of fatally shooting a man fleeing a traffic stop in 2019.
Crespo fired shots at the fleeing car at three separate locations, according to prosecutors. The vehicle then stopped in the area of Irvine Turner Boulevard, near Kinney Street.
No police officers were injured, prosecutors said, adding no other police officers discharged their weapons. WARNING: The footage is violent and some viewers may find it disturbing. A Newark police officer is facing manslaughter charges after prosecutors say he shot and killed a man fleeing a traffic stop earlier this year. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Jovanny Crespo, 26, was indicted on multiple charges including aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and two each of counts...
In Crespo's body camera video footage, you can hear someone, presumably Crespo, telling the other officer in the police car at one point,"I think I shot him. I seen a gun. He pointed a gun at me" once he enters the car after firing at the vehicle involved in the pursuit.
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