A knife-wielding man was shot and wounded by a police officer Friday afternoon in New Brunswick, authorities said.
Officers from the Franklin Township and New Brunswick police departments were called to Route 27 near Mitchell Avenue around 2 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress involving a man armed with a knife, according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating the incident.
The officers attempted to de-escalate the situation, but the man, who was not identified, lunged at them with the knife and one of them shot at and struck him, the prosecutor’s office said. It was unclear of which department the officer was a member.
As of 6:30 p.m., the injured man was in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in stable condition, investigators said.
No other information was released and anyone who could provide new details or surveillance footage of the area was asked to call Detective Kevin Schroeck of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)745-4054.
