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Joseph Jason Seals ("Joe")
- Dec. 10, 2019 -
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Resided: |
North Arlington NJ, USA
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Born: | Mar. 22, 1979 |
Fallen: | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Race/Sex: | Caucasian Male / 40 yrs. of age |
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Dept: | Jersey City Police Dept. - NJ
1 Journal Square Plaza Jersey City, NJ
07306 USA (201)547-5477 |
County: | Hudson |
Dept. Type: | Municipal/Police |
Hero's Rank: | Detective |
Sworn Date: | 11/2005 |
FBI Class: | Homicide - Gun |
Weapon Class: | Firearm |
Agency URL: | Click Here
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Badge: | 766 |
On The Job: |
18 years
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Bio: Born in Jersey City, Joe was a 1997 graduate of Bayonne High School. In 2001 Joe began his career in law enforcement at the Hudson County Corrections Department where he remained until November 2005 when he graduated from the Police Academy and joined the Jersey City Police Department.
Joe was assigned to the South District working in the Street Crimes Unit. In November of 2017 he was promoted to Detective and joined the Cease Fire Unit of JCPD. He was loved and respected by his peers. His commanders praised him as one of the hardest-working men and one of the most instinctive cops on the job.
Though a devoted member of the of the police department, he was that much more devoted to his beautiful wife and family. He and Laura met in Journal Square in 2008 and were together since, marrying in Las Vegas in 2013 and again in a church ceremony in 2014. |
Survived by: |
Laura - Wife and five children
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Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
No Info
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Location: |
Bayview Cemetery
Jersey City,
Hudson County,
NJ
USA
Tue. Dec. 10, 2019
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Summary: |
Detective Joseph Seals was shot and killed at 12:30 pm in Bayview Cemetery after encountering two subjects, a man and woman, in a van that was linked to a homicide in Bayonne, New Jersey.
During the encounter, Detective Seals was shot in the back of the head. The two subjects then fled in the stolen van and eventually barricaded themselves inside of a kosher grocery store on Martin Luther King Drive. They murdered three people inside of the store and then engaged responding officers in a prolonged shootout for several hours in which two officers were wounded.
Both subjects were eventually shot and killed by officers during the shootout. A live pipebomb was later found inside of the van the two had abandoned before entering the store.
It is believed the subjects were part of a radical religious movement, held anti-Jewish and anti-law enforcement views, and specifically targeted the kosher grocery store in an act of religious terrorism.
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Last Updated: Dec. 20, 2019 |
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