Police kill suspect in shooting at New Jersey library

LYNDHURST (AP) — Authorities say a suspect with a knife has died after a shooting involving police officers at a New Jersey library.

Lyndhurst police Chief James O'Connor said that two officers were involved in the shooting inside the library Friday afternoon that left a 36-year-old man dead.

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli identified the victim as 36-year-old Kevin Allen, of Lyndhurst.

O'Connor says that the incident began when a police officer followed Allen inside of the library. He says that two police officers were taken to a hospital to be treated for stress following the shooting.

He says that Allen had a knife. He says that witnesses to the shooting, including a child, were being interviewed.

The building is next door to a building housing the town's police department and government offices.

(Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)