Teaneck May Step Up Security After Jersey City Shooting

TEANECK, NJ -In the wake of Tuesday's shooting in Jersey City that left three citizens and one police officer dead, Teaneck officials say their local police department "is closing monitoring" the ongoing investigation.

In a message to the community Wednesday morning, Township Manager Dean Kazinci said, "Our community may see additional resources deployed in the days and weeks ahead. At this time, we have no indication of any further threats."

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On Tuesday afternoon, the two suspects who engaged in an hours-long gun battle with police at a kosher deli appear to have targeted the store, according to Jersey City officials.

Detective Joseph Seals, 39, a married father of five, was killed in Bayview Cemetery on Garfield Avenue, according to Police Chief Mike Kelly, before the suspects fled to the kosher market.

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A review of security footage from the grocery store made it "clear" the suspects chose the Jewish establishment, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop (D) said on Twitter.

“I’m Jewish and proud to live in a community like Jersey City that has always welcomed everyone,” Fulop wrote on Twitter. “It is the home of Ellis Island and has always been the golden door to America. Hate and anti-semitism have never had a place here in JC and will never have a place in our city.”

Teaneck is home to a thriving Jewish community of about 15,000 out of a total population of about 37,000 residents. There's also more than a dozen synagogues, several private Jewish schools, kosher supermarkets and Jewish delis in the township.

On Wednesday morning, Kazinci also said Teaneck "mourns those who were senseless killed yesterday afternoon."

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of police detective Joseph Seals, and the families of the three civilians who were tragically gunned down in this targeted attack at a Kosher market," he said. "We wish for a speedy recovery to all those injured and stand united with the Jersey City community."