Attorney General's Office Identifies Man Shot By Police In Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A man killed by a Jersey City police officer last Tuesday has been identified by the state Attorney General's Office, which investigates all fatal police-involved shootings.

The state identified the man Tuesday as Joseph Robertson, 59, of Jersey City.

According to the preliminary investigation, uniformed officers of the Jersey City Police Department responded to Communipaw Avenue and West Side Avenue at approximately 11:56 p.m. on May 24 in response to a 911 call of a domestic dispute involving a man with a gun, the Attorney General's Office said.

During the encounter, Officer Omar Polanco of the Jersey City Police Department fired his gun, killing Robinson, the AG's Office said.

"Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to Mr. Robertson, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene at 12:19 a.m.," according to a release from the Attorney General's Office. "A firearm was recovered near Mr. Robertson."

The Attorney General's Office said it would not release further information.

However, news reports last week said that a woman had been shot in the domestic dispute and had been hospitalized.