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Authorities: Armed NYC ex-cop killed by New Jersey police

LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. – Authorities say retired New York City police officer was fatally shot by New Jersey police after he fled into the woods with a gun.

Paul Loriquet, spokesman for the state attorney general’s office, said that 57-year-old Patrick Fennell was shot and killed by an Ocean County SWAT team around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Loriquet says the Little Egg Harbor man’s wife called police and told them her husband was in the basement of their home, where he had weapons, and she thought she heard gunfire.

Loriquet says Fennell fled into the woods and was seen holding a handgun as he left his home. Loriquet says authorities confronted him and fired multiple shots, killing him. Investigators say a handgun was recovered at the scene.

The attorney general’s office is investigating.

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