Eyewitness News: Jersey City cops placed on high alert for retaliation by Bloods Jersey City police officer Melvin Santiago was killed in the line of duty at Walgreens located on the corner of Communipaw Ave. and John F Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City early morning on July 13, 2014. Michael Dempsey/The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal By The Jersey Journal on July 14, 2014 at 8:04 PM, updated July 15, 2014 at 9:58 AM Jersey City police in the South District are being warned to be on high alert for possible retaliation for the death of Lavon King, according to Eyewitness News. King was shot and killed during a struggle with a police officer in an Ege Avenue backyard, according to Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino. Eyewitness News said it has obtained internal police memos that detail a specific tactical plan that the station is not revealing, but it notes that the source of the threat comes from the area of Martin Luther King Drive near Grant Avenue. The station said that the situation has become more urgent with the killing of Police Officer Melvin Santiago and the man police say shot him, Lawrence Campbell. According to Eyewitness News, other memos warn of retaliation using various members of the Bloods, adding that an informant has personally seen Mack 10s, Mack 11s and Ak47s in houses in that area and further warned anyone on bicycles or motorcycles will likely be carrying handguns at this time. He said they also have bullet-proof vests. Many residents told Eyewitness News they are too afraid to talk about the gang problem in the area, but the security officer for the local Islamic center said they are fortunate to be left alone, the station said.. They keep their things away from us, they take it around the corner, across the street, over there - not here, Mohammad Abdul-Latif told Eyewitness News. When asked if Abdul-Latif saw a lot of police activity in the area, he said there were policemen coming around.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:26:20 +0000
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