Suspect Shot by Police During Hit-and-Run in Camden

A suspect was shot and injured by police following a hit-and-run accident in Camden, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson announced on Thursday.

Edgar Carrasquillo, 32, of Camden, is accused of driving in reverse, hitting a police car, and attempting to hit a police officer, at which time he was shot by an officer.

Carrasquillo was treated at Cooper Hospital in Camden and was released to the Camden County Jail.

He was charged with two counts of second degree aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, fourth degree assault by auto, second degree eluding, two counts of third degree endangering an injured victim and third degree leaving the scene of an accident.

The police use of force is being reviewed by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Prosecutions Unit with assistance from the Camden County Police Department’s Internal Affairs division.

Whenever a municipal police officer’s use of a firearm while on duty results in injury or death the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office oversees an investigation into the incident, as required by the state Attorney General’s Office guidelines.

The hit-and-run incident is under investigation by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit.

Carrasquillo allegedly got into an argument with a group of people outside a store at Chestnut Street near Broadway.

He is accused of walking away from the argument, getting into his brown 1992 Honda Civic, and driving directly at two people on foot he was arguing with.

Those people were able to avoid being hit, but Carrasquillo then drove at two other people on bicycles who had also been involved in the argument.

He struck them both. One is in critical but stable condition at Cooper Hospital. The other was treated and released.

Investigating officers found one of the Honda’s license plates at the scene of the hit-and-run and connected the vehicle with Carrasquillo.