Cops Shoot Armed Woman Near NJ Boy Scout Camp, Officials Say

BYRAM TOWNSHIP, NJ — Police shot and injured an armed woman after finding her parked on the property of a Boy Scout camp in Sussex County, officials said.

The woman, who also fired a weapon, was later hospitalized in stable condition. Several officers were transported to a separate hospital for evaluation but had not been shot, according to the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office.

Byram Township officers were called to the intersection of Camp Wheeler Road and Camp Allamuchy Road and discovered the woman alone in her vehicle with a handgun, authorities said.

The Mt. Allamuchy Scout Reservation and Camp Wheeler, a Cub Scout-run day camp for boys and girls, are located nearby.

Police tried to negotiate with the woman and de-escalate the situation, but their attempts were unsuccessful, per the prosecutor's office.

"During the encounter, the occupant exited the vehicle (and) was struck once by police fire," officials said. "The occupant’s firearm was discharged as well during the encounter and that firearm was recovered."

Officials said that someone called 911 at 3:30 p.m., but did not specify the exact reason. The woman and the involved officers have not been identified at this time.

In a social media post, New Jersey State PBA president Peter Andreyev asked for people to pray for the involved officers. A representative told New Jersey Advance Media that the officers were being seen for trauma.

Byram Mayor Alex Rubenstein urged the public to wait for official information to come out about the shooting, as he also asked the community to keep township police employees in their thoughts.

"We are limited in what we can say at this time," he said Monday night. "However, we can say that all of our officers are safe and there is absolutely no threat to the public in any regard."