VINELAND -- City police shot and killed a domestic-violence suspect after responding to Regency East apartment complex at around 3:30 p.m. today, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said tonight.
The domestic-violence victim has also died, the prosecutor said.
Authorities were not releasing the names of the two police officers who fired their duty weapons or of the now-deceased domestic-violence suspect and victim -- the suspect and victim are believed to be grandson and grandmother -- tonight.
Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office investigators are handling the investigation into the officer-involved shooting, per New Jersey Attorney General's Office guidelines.
It is believed the suspect was beating his grandmother when police arrived to the East Chestnut Avenue adults-only apartment complex.
Webb-McRae, who took office last month, visited the crime scene at 1123 E. Chestnut Ave. in the 5:00 hour.
She indicated tonight her office would be issuing a press release on the incident Wednesday morning.
The gunfire reportedly occurred in one of the apartment complex's buildings, but not in an apartment unit.
It is unknown how many shots the two Vineland police officers fired at the domestic-violence suspect.
Vineland police were not commenting on the incident this evening.
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