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

TRENTON — The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in Moonachie, Bergen County, New Jersey. During the encounter, an adult male civilian was fatally wounded. His identity, and the name of the law enforcement officer, a New Jersey State Police trooper, involved are not being released at this time.

According to preliminary information, the shooting occurred on Gotham Parkway, near the intersection with West Commercial Avenue, in Moonachie at approximately 5:15 p.m. The circumstances surrounding the encounter are under investigation, which is ongoing. No further information is 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.