Police are still searching for a suspect they say stole a car from a rental lot in Newark and crashed into an unmarked State Police vehicle before fleeing on foot.

 

Police response to a car theft near Newark Liberty Airport
Police response to a car theft near Newark Liberty Airport (PIX 11)
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ABC 7 reports an off-duty police officer from Lumberton, working a security detail at the Alamo lot on Frelinghuysen Avenue near Newark Liberty Airport and fired shots at the suspect as he drove a Chevrolet Tahoe off the lot.

The thief then ran head-on into an unmarked State Police SUV and drove off, abandoning the vehicle on Ninth Street.

The officer suffered a head injury in the collision was hospitalized at University Hospital in Newark.

Police have centered their search on the Newark-East Orange line according to the station and are using dogs to search the yards of nearby homes.

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