Authorities have identified the man who was killed during a police shootout at a hotel along Route 1 in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick on Wednesday.
They say United States Marshals officers were trying to arrest Shamar Leggette, who was wanted for a robbery in Brooklyn. Leggette was tracked to the MHO Inn and Suites. When they found him, authorities say Leggette came out shooting and was eventually fatally shot.
Officials say Leggette was on the run from the law for a year and a half when U.S. Marshals and ATF agents caught up with him around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General has confirmed that when officers went to make the arrest, Leggette fired on officers, who shot back. Leggette would be found dead with two weapons nearby, officials say.
NYPD officials say Leggette was one of three men wanted for robbing Bishop Lamor Whitehead, who spoke out via social media about the shooting that killed Leggette.
Whitehead is the head of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries.