Man Dies in New Jersey Police Shootout: Prosecutor

A New Jersey man was shot and killed Saturday morning during an exchange of gunfire after he was pursued by two police officers.

Diahlo Grant, 27, of the Somerset section of Franklin, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 3:17 a.m. after he was wounded by police at 1:31 a.m. in New Brunswick.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the investigation in accordance with the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s use of force guidelines, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

The investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has determined that Grant was in the vicinity of Somerset and Home streets in Somerset when he encountered the two uniformed Franklin police officers.

The officers followed him across the town border on Somerset Street into New Brunswick, according to Carey.

There was an exchange of gunfire. One of the officers began performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation while awaiting paramedics, according to Carey.

Grant’s gun was recovered by police.

Warrants previously had been issued for Grant, who was wanted for non-payment of child support in Middlesex County and violation of probation on a drug charge filed in Somerset County.