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Police Officer Shoots Gun-Wielding Man in Fort Lee: Prosecutor

A police officer shot and injured a man in a quiet neighborhood in Fort Lee on Sunday, the county prosecutor said. 

Few details have been released, but the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed it was investigating an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of Edwin and Summit avenues after a man allegedly pointed a gun at police officers. 

Jaquan Suber, a 29-year-old resident of Fort Lee, was arrested on several charges, including possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose and possession of a handgun without a permit, prosecutors said. 

Police were responding to Suber's home on Summit Avenue when Suber pointed a gun at officers, according to prosecutors. The circumstances around the confrontation are unclear, but at some point Suber was shot. 

Julene Stassou, who lives nearby, said she saw someone suspicious around 10:30 a.m. "I saw a peculiar man running by, didn't think anything too much of it," she said.

A few minutes later she said she heard more than six gunshots. 

"And then I heard someone scream, 'Get down!'" she said. 

Stassou called police, but a dispatcher said officers were already on scene and advised her to stay in her house. 

"So we went into the closet, where we remained, locked the door for the next 15 minutes," she said. 

Several Fort Lee police officers went to Englewood Hospital for evaluation after the shooting. Any injuries they suffered aren't believed to be life-threatening. 

The suspect was being treated at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. 

Investigators were gathering evidence at the scene hours after the shooting and the street was filled with heavily armed officers.

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