The incident is under investigation, county officials said.
The incident is under investigation, county officials said. (File photo)NEWARK -- County authorities are investigating a Monday night incident during which police officers shot at a man who had pointed a gun at them, Essex County Acting Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray said Tuesday.
According to chief of investigators for the prosecutor's office Anthony Ambrose, undercover officers were conducting an investigation at 4th Avenue and North 11th Street when a man pointed his gun at them.
Three officers -- one Newark sergeant, one Newark detective, and one sheriff's officer -- fired at the man, not hitting him, Ambrose said. Nine total shots were fired, Ambrose said.
The man, Victorio Williams, 27, of Rahway, was arrested on aggravated assault, weapons, and resisting arrest charges, authorities said.
A second man, Hassan Rich, 34, of Carteret, who was also armed with a gun, allegedly ran into home yards in Newark, and was found later hiding under a porch, Ambrose said. Newark SWAT officers negotiated with Rich to leave the hiding spot, he said.
Rich was arrested on weapons and drug offenses, and both guns were recovered, authorities said.
The names of the officers involved were not immediately released. The prosecutor's office professional standards critical incident response team is investigating the incident, Murray said.
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