Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

                                 25 Kirkpatrick Street, 3rd Floor, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901 (732) 745-3300

 

                              *News Release*                 Date: September 22, 2011

 
 

       

 

 

 

 

 

Fatal shooting under investigation

 

          Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced that authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in which a city man was killed during an incident this morning with police.

 

          Barry E. Deloatch (DOB 1/9/64) of New Brunswick was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 12:37 a.m.

 

          An autopsy was being performed by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office, but the results were not immediately available.

 

          In accordance with use-of-force guidelines established by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, New Brunswick police immediately notified the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, which in turn notified the Attorney General’s Office, following the shooting.

 

          The investigation, which is being conducted by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, has preliminarily determined that two New Brunswick police officers encountered Mr. Deloatch at 12:12 a.m. today.

 

The encounter resulted in a foot pursuit that ended in an alley where the shooting occurred.

 

Further details of the incident are under investigation, but additional information will be released as it becomes available.

 

Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Jeffrey Temple of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3373.