A South Jersey police officer who claimed someone opened fire on him is now accused of lying and shooting up his own patrol car.
Da'Shaun Carr, 23, an officer with the Winslow Police Department, was charged Wednesday with third-degree False Public Alarms.
Carr activated an emergency button inside his patrol car on October 3 at New Brooklyn Park and called out on his police radio that someone was shooting at him, according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo.
Other officers scrambled to the scene but never recovered a weapon and did not have any leads.
One bullet hole was found in the windshield of the car. When investigators processed the cruiser, they found bullet fragments inside. Ballistic testing is underway to see if the bullet can be matched to a personal handgun investigators believe Carr used to fire at the windshield.
The accused officer has been with the department for about a year. Carr was suspended without pay.
