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EMS workers describe NJ shooting as ‘horror movie’

By Michaelangelo Conte
The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Emergency medical workers described a horrific scene this morning when they responded to 24 Reed St. in Jersey City where five police officers and two suspects were shot.

It was “like a horror movie, very, very stressful,’' EMT August Johansen said outside the Jersey City Medical Center this afternoon. “There was blood everywhere. ... Scary wasn’t the word. I have kids to worry about, but I was also worried about the officer. That’s what our job is.”

Emergency workers were called to the scene at about 5 a.m. on a report of a shooting involving an officer.

Full story: Five police officers, two suspects shot