New Jersey police officers feared for their lives when they opened fire on a suspect Thursday morning, according to investigators.
The deadly incident began after an adolescent inside a house near Wilson and Reservoir streets called 911 to report a home invasion, said Trenton Police Director Ernest Parrey Jr.
Two Trenton officers responding to the call suddenly came under fire while in their police cruiser.
The officers, fearing for their lives, fired back and struck the suspect, said Parrey.
The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Darnell Stafford, later died at the hospital.
Luckily Officers Robert Albanowski, a 14-year veteran for the force, and Marlon Parrot, a 13-year-year veteran, were wearing their bulletproof vests and they weren't seriously hurt.
Both officers were hit by flying shards of glass and were treated at a hospital.
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"The officers are very, very fortunate to be alive," Trenton Councilman George Muschal told The Times of Trenton. "This individual fired right into the driver's side window where the officer was sitting or just getting out of the car."
New Jersey State Police will aid in the investigation.
