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FBI: Kidnapping suspect shot and killed in New Jersey

By FOX 5 NY
Updated  June 17, 2021 8:49am EDT
Bergen County
FOX 5 NY

Kidnapping suspect fatally shot in standoff with FBI

A before-dawn incident in Leonia, New Jersey left a kidnapping suspect dead and neighbors shaken.

NEW JERSEY - The FBI says a man was shot and killed in New Jersey on Wednesday morning as agents were investigating the kidnapping of a 17-year-old boy.

The FBI Newark and Philadelphia Field Offices were involved in an operation to rescue the boy in Leonia at around 6 a.m.

They say that during a confrontation with the suspect he was shot and killed.

The boy was safely freed in the incident.  He was taken to a hospital for evaluation and later released.

No law enforcement was injured in the operation.

The FBI's Inspection Division is reviewing the shooting, as is required by department protocol.

Leonia is in Bergen County, just west of New York City.

Kidnapping suspect shot & killed by FBI

A kidnapping suspect was shot and killed by the FBI in Leonia, New Jersey on Wednesday while the boy was rescued safely.