] Sean Ward, who lives next door to the home where the
] shooting occurred, said he wasn't home, but was shocked
] to hear what happened.
]
] "They're my neighbors. They're good people. Great people.
] Hard working," he said. "I don't understand (why this
] happened). I have no clue. You see this stuff on the TV
] news all the time, but I can't believe it could happen
] here."

Good to see that assholes like Sean Ward never made it out of Lakewood. Brings a warm, fuzzy feeling into my heart.

] Slater went to his parent's house on Melville Avenue
] Tuesday night, telling them he had a hand gun, that he
] wanted to kill himself by committing "suicide by cops,"
] Gasser said.
]
] His parents asked him to leave, but he returned
] sometime overnight or the next morning. His mother called
] Kimball Medical Center, here, for advice and personnel
] there told her she should call the police, who arrived at
] 1 p.m.
]
] Several officers surrounded the house and asked Slater
] to surrender his weapon and talk to him. The man, who was
] described as agitated and dancing around, would pop in
] and out of the house, refusing to do as asked.
]
] About 45 minutes later, he stood outside the doorway
] and attempted to take a handgun out of his waist band.
] After it accidentally fired toward officers without
] hitting them, Smith decided that officers were in danger
] and fired one shot that hit Slater's inner thigh, Gasser
] said.
]
] Slater dropped his weapon and uttered an obscenity
] before he was subdued by officers who applied a
] tourniquet while waiting for EMTs, Gasser said.

"Suicide by Cops", oh, thats so rich.. That's a great band name.

This is so very New Jersey.