AG’s Office Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Jersey City, N.J.

TRENTON — The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on Friday, September 5, 2025, at approximately 1:23 p.m. on John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

One male civilian sustained fatal injuries. His identity and the identities of the officers involved are not being released at this time.

A 2019 law, N.J.S.A. 52:17B-107(a)(2), requires the Attorney General’s Office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody. It requires that all such investigations be presented to a grand jury to determine if the evidence supports the return of an indictment against the officer or officers involved.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.