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Suspect shot, killed by police in Atlantic City opened fire as SWAT breached door: officials
An officer returned fire after Donald Gardner shot at a SWAT team serving a warrant, and one wounded officer remains in intensive care.
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Suspect shot, killed by police in Atlantic City opened fire as SWAT breached door: officials
New Jersey officials say a man who was shot and killed by police in Atlantic City on Tuesday had opened fire on SWAT officers as they breached the door of a home while executing a search warrant. Two officers were injured in the incident.
The man killed by Atlantic City, New Jersey, during a residential raid would have shot first, according to the prosecution. The individual, identified as Donald Gardner, 52 years old, was inside a house on the 100th block of North Florida Avenue when the officers arrived, on June 2, 2026. Prosecutors claim that the uniformed brigades approached the site and “the door was open, but suddenly it was closed.” Faced with the situation, the officers k…
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