October 27 Evening News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A HOME IN PISCATAWAY WAS LEFT SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR VOGEL AND WILLIAMS STREETS. A VIDEO CAPTURED THE MOMENT FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE HOME, WITH THICK SMOKE SEEN FLOATING IN THE AIR. ONCE CREWS BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL, THE PROPERTY WAS LEFT CHARRED, WITH SEVERAL SHATTERED WINDOWS. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT YET RELEASED INFORMATION ABOUT ANY INJURIES OR WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A SHOOTING DURING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL MONDAY NIGHT IN ELIZABETH LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE UNION COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE, POLICE RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ELMWOOD PLACE AND IRVINGTON AVENUE AROUND 9:30 PM. FIVE VICTIMS WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE, ONE HOSPITALIZED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AND THE OTHERS RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR THEIR INJURIES. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AS OF TUESDAY MORNING.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED TUESDAY MORNING THAT RUMORS OF A LYNDHURST SCHOOL SHOOTING WERE PROVEN FALSE. ACCORDING TO LYNDHURST POLICE, THERE WAS A RUMOR ABOUT A FORMER STUDENT PLANNING TO COMMIT A VIOLENT ACT WITH A GUN SPREAD AMONG THE STUDENTS OVER THE PAST WEEK. POLICE INVESTIGATED THE MATTER WITH HELP FROM THE SCHOOL RESOURCE DIVISION, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, AND THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THREAT MANAGEMENT UNIT. THEY FOUND THAT THE RUMORS WERE NOT CREDIBLE, CALLING THE INCIDENT A “EGREGIOUS CASE OF DISINFORMATION.” OFFICERS WILL BE AT THE SCHOOL AS A PRECAUTION.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A FATAL SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN PEQUANNOCK (PEH-KWA-NIK) TOWNSHIP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNIDENTIFIED 22 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYLE CRASH WHEN SHE WAS GOING SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE 23. ACCORDING TO THE MORRIS COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, PEQUANNOCK POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRASH AT AROUND 2:40 AM. THE RIDER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED AT NEWARK-POMPTON TURNPIKE IN POMPTON PLAINS AS POLICE INVESTIGATED THE CRASH. THE ROADWAY HAS SINCE REOPENED.