BWC: 2 N.J. SWAT Officers Shot While Executing Search Warrant, Suspect Killed
The footage shows officers serving a search warrant when gunfire erupted, leaving one officer critically wounded, another injured and the suspect dead.
- The New Jersey Attorney General's Office released bodycam footage on Wednesday showing the June 2, 2026, officer-involved shooting that left two Atlantic City Police Department SWAT officers injured and the suspect dead at a North Florida Avenue residence.
- Arriving to execute a search warrant, the Atlantic City Police Department SWAT team breached the door at the 100 block of North Florida Avenue, triggering gunfire from inside the home.
- During the exchange, 52-year-old Donald Gardner fired at officers, striking one in the ballistic helmet and wounding Sergeant Christian Ivanov in the leg; officer Robert Reynolds returned fire, killing Gardner.
- Both injured officers are expected to recover from their wounds. The New Jersey Attorney General's Office investigates every officer-involved shooting by law, with findings presented to a grand jury.
- Gardner, also known as Donald Capriotti, had been paralyzed 13 years ago during a prior shootout with police in Egg Harbor Township, a history relevant to the ongoing investigation.
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