Authorities: Man fatally shot by police after chase involving stolen police car

Authorities have identified a man who was fatally shot by police after a crash and chase involving a stolen police car.

News 12 Staff

Apr 7, 2021, 9:12 AM

Updated 1,478 days ago

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Authorities have identified a man who was fatally shot by police after a crash and chase involving a stolen police car.
The state attorney general’s office says the crash occurred Monday around 3 p.m. in Buena Vista, and police there soon responded along with officers from nearby Franklin Township.
After a Franklin officer got out of his cruiser, authorities say Roy K. Jackel Jr., 41, of Cape May Court House, who was involved in the crash, got in the police vehicle and drove away.
Officers pursued the cruiser and the chase soon ended in another area of Buena Vista, where an “encounter” between Jackel and police ended in the shooting.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.