The New Jersey Attorney General’s office has released a series of bodycam clips showing a shootout between New Jersey police officers and a wanted New York City man inside a hotel last year.
The gun battle broke out in the lobby of Royal Albert’s Palace Hotel in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township just after midnight on June 13, 2024. Karl Gregory, at the time considered a person of interest in a shooting that took placeon 102nd Street and First Avenue in Manhattan, had been staying at the hotel located about approximately 35 miles outside the city, the New York Times reported.
Police said Gregory was exiting an elevator and heading toward the hotel’s lobby when he encountered officers, who spotted his car in the parking lot, according to the state attorney general’s office. Gregory then reached into his backpack, pulled out a gun and exchanged fire with law enforcement officers — including Woodbridge Police officers Drew Krupinski and Justin Nerney and NYPD Detective Matthew Mauro.— on the scene.
Gregory was struck in the gunfire and pronounced dead on the scene, Patch reported. Mauro and Nerney were also wounded in the violence. They have both since recovered.
Authorities have not provided detail regarding the initial case involving Gregory.
The incident remains under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, which released three bodycam recordings from the deadly encounter. The agency said Gregory’s family were able to review the footage prior to its release.
