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VIDEO: Cops Justified in Killing, Prosecutor Says
Describes chain of events after Kearny man kills coworker from Jefferson
Police were justified in , Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi said Saturday, close to the Mountain Lakes office where the incidents took place the Friday.
Leonardo Parera, a real estate agent at Exit Realty Gold in Mountain Lakes, killed receptionist Christine King, an Oak Ridge resident, Bianchi said. Police came under fire when they approached Parera in his car, the prosecutor said. Parera was killed in the exchange of bullets.
Bianchi said many aspects of the investigation remain open, and authorities are working to better understand what prompted Parera to shoot King.