SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (PIX11) – A man who was wanted in connection with the gunpoint robbery of a Brooklyn bishop mid-sermon in 2022 was killed by law enforcement in New Jersey Wednesday, a source told PIX11 News.
Shamar Leggette, 41, was killed during a standoff with members of the U.S. Marshals Service at a motel in South Brunswick around 3 p.m., according to a law enforcement source. Leggette and his girlfriend had been staying at the motel for the past few days, the source said.
The standoff lasted about 15 minutes before Leggette’s girlfriend surrendered, the law enforcement source said. Leggette eventually came out of the motel room and opened fire at law enforcement members, who returned fire and killed him, according to the source.
Leggette’s girlfriend referred to themselves as a “Bonnie and Clyde” duo, the law enforcement source said.
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Leggette was also wanted for attempted murder last summer in Providence, Rhode Island, as well as for the killing of a man last month outside a strip club in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a law enforcement source said.