Jersey City shooting

A state grand jury decides police officers were justified in shooting two suspects who had killed three people at a kosher market and a Jersey City detective.

As easy as it may be right now to feel divided by the events of 2020, the still-fresh memories of last December's shooting are cause for the community to come together.

The sea of blue uniforms, white gloved hands saluting, the American flag draped across a coffin containing the body of 23 year old rookie police officer Melvin Santiago, is enough to make me cry.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Christopher Goodell served in the kind of community where violent crime is something seen on the evening news. Melvin Santiago volunteered to be assigned to the toughest neighborhood in New Jersey's second-largest city.

A 14-year-old New Jersey boy charged in the shooting death of his 12-year-old half-brother has been released from a juvenile detention facility over the objections of prosecutors.

Prosecutors say police shot and wounded a Jersey City man who opened fire on two officers and then ignored directives to drop his gun.