Crime & Safety

Death Investigated After Gunfire Alert In Atlantic Co.: Prosecutor

After a Pleasantville ShotSpotter notification, Craig Wyatt, 55, was found "unconscious and unresponsive" outside a house, officials said.

PLEASANTVILLE, NJ — Officials are investigating the death of a Pleasantville man that occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.

Pleasantville police responded to a ShotSpotter notification (a gunfire detection system) on the 200 block of 4th Avenue at about 10:47 p.m. on Oct. 4, officials said.

Police then found Craig Wyatt, a 55-year-old Pleasantville resident, "unconscious and unresponsive" outside of a Hendricks Street home, officials said.

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Wyatt was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials.

Further information regarding the death will be released after an autopsy determines the cause and manner of death, authorities said. The death is under investigation by Pleasantville police and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit.

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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

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