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No charges filed against New Jersey officer in 2023 fatal shooting of armed man: AG

Updated  March 19, 2024 7:19am EDT
Gloucester County
FOX 29 Philadelphia

State grand jury declines to charge NJ police officer after fatal shooting

No charges will be filed against a New Jersey police officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gloucester County over a year ago, officials announced Monday.

DEPTFORD, N.J. - No charges will be filed against a New Jersey police officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gloucester County over a year ago, officials announced Monday.

Daniel Nevius, 55, was fatally shot by police on Jan. 23 at a home on Fox Run Road in Deptford after police were called for reports of a person with a gun. 

When officers from the Deptford Police Department approached the home on foot, investigators say Nevius pointed his rifle towards them.

Investigators say an officer fired one time, killing Nevius. A rifle was recovered by police.