A grand jury has declined to file charges against a police officer who shot a passenger in a suspect vehicle that was accelerating towards him following a series of burglaries.

The Monmouth County grand jury declined to charge Fair Haven police officer Brooks Robinson in the shooting, which injured 28-year-old Nnamdi Atumudo, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Police in Rumson were investigating vehicle and attempted residential burglaries in two locations on the morning of Sept. 6, 2024. At one of the locations, around 4:45 a.m., an officer encountered a suspect in a vehicle who was attempting to flee. The vehicle then sideswiped the officer’s patrol car before speeding off, officials said. The officer then started to pursue the suspect.

Robinson,

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