NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A FATAL SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT MOONACHIE INVOLVING A NEW JERSEY STATE TROOPER THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT AROUND 5:15 PM ON GOTHAM PARKWAY NEAR WEST COMMERCIAL AVENUE. ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, A STATE TROOPER FATALLY SHOT A MAN DURING THE ENCOUNTER AT THE LOCATION. THERE ARE NO DETAILS ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE MAN WHO DIED OR THE STATE TROOPER.
ABC7 NEW YORK REPORTED TWO WOMEN WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED THEM FROM A NEWARK HOUSE FIRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO NEWARK PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR EMANUEL MIRANDA, FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO 93 RIVERSIDE COURT AROUND 10:07 P.M. THE FIRE SPREAD TO NEIGHBORING HOMES AT 94 AND 95 RIVERSIDE COURT, PROMPTING A SECOND ALARM. FIREFIGHTERS REMOVED TWO INJURED WOMEN FROM THE BURNING HOME. EMERGENCY MEDICAL CREWS EVALUATED THEM AT THE SCENE BEFORE TAKING THEM TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. OFFICIALS SAID THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AROUND 10:47 P.M., ABOUT FORTY MINUTES AFTER CREWS WERE DISPATCHED. THE CAUSE AND ORIGIN OF THE FIRE REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NEWARK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY’S ARSON UNIT.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT FAIR LAWN HIGH SCHOOL UNVEILED A MURAL HONORING A FORMER STUDENT WHO DIED WHILE SERVING AS A FIREFIGHTER. DILLON RINALDO ATTENDED THE SCHOOL AND PLAYED ON ITS LACROSSE TEAM BEFORE MOVING TO BALTIMORE TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER. HE WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE BATTLING A FIRE THREE YEARS AGO. FRIENDS AND FAMILY RETURNED TO HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH AND UNVEIL THE TRIBUTE. THE MURAL IS LOCATED NEAR THE SCHOOL’S ATHLETIC FIELD AND HONORS HIS LIFE AND SERVICE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 1,300 CASES OF A POPULAR PLANT-BASED BUTTER HAVE BEEN RECALLED DUE TO CONCERNS OVER YEAST, MOLD, AND E. COLI. THE FDA SAYS THE CONTAMINANTS MAY BE PRESENT IN SOME OF MIYOKO'S CREAMERY'S EUROPEAN-STYLE SALTED PLANT MILK BUTTER. THE PRODUCT HAS A BEST BY DATE OF NOV. 5. IT WAS SOLD IN 10 STATES, INCLUDING NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT. THE FDA LABELS IT AS A CLASS II RISK LEVEL, INDICATING IT CAN CAUSE TEMPORARY OR MEDICALLY REVERSIBLE ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANYONE HAS BEEN SICKENED BY THE PRODUCT AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.