🔴A State Police trooper fatally shot a 30-year-old California man
🔴The attorney general has not disclosed what led to the gunfire.
🔴The man reportedly pulled a knife on a trooper during an undercover operation
MOONACHIE — State Police troopers were conducting an undercover criminal investigation Wednesday evening when they encountered a 30-year-old California man who was later shot and killed by a trooper.
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said troopers were conducting an investigation Wednesday around 5:15 p.m. on Gotham Parkway near the intersection with West Commercial Avenue in an industrial part of Moonachie when one of the detectives was approached by Roberto Castro-Quinonez, 30, of Bakersfield, California.
Shortly afterward, another trooper offered assistance, and one of the troopers fired his service weapon twice at Castro-Quinonez. He was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m…