🚨 Police responded to a call at the Mt. Allamuchy Scout Reservation

🚨 Police officers were fired upon


This report has been updated to reflect new information about the incident.

BYRAM – A woman with a firearm was shot in a wooded area of Sussex County on Monday afternoon.

Sussex County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jonathan McMeen said police were called to the intersection of Camp Wheeler Road and Camp Allamuchy Road in the Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation. They found a woman in a parked car with a firearm. She was the only person in the vehicle, according to McMeen.

A crisis negotiator was called to the scene but was unsuccessful in de-escalating the situation.

"During the encounter, the occupant exited the vehicle. The occupant was struck once by police fire. The occupant’s firearm was discharged as well during the encounter and that firearm was recovered," McMeen said in a statement.

McMeen said there was no weapon on the roof of the vehicle as reported by NBC New York.

Officers hospitalized

The woman was taken to Hackettstown Medical Center where she was listed in stable condition. The officers from Bryam were taken to Newton Medical Center.

The identities of the officers and the woman were not disclosed and no charges have been filed pending further investigation, according to McMeen.

Mayor Alex Rubenstein said municipal police were part of the response but no Byram officers were injured.  NJPBA president Peter Andreyev said on the union's X account that officers involved in the shooting were hospitalized.

The 1,000-acre scout reservation includes two camps, Camp Somers and Camp Wheeler. It is owned by the Patriots Path Council and is closed for the winter.

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