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Suspect In Officer's Death Killed
Deputies in Florida gunned down a man who allegedly shot and killed a New Jersey police officer last week before leading authorities on a multi-state manhunt.
Omar Marti, 23, was found with a small arsenal of firearms, including an AK-47 assault rifle, said Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County, Fla., sheriff's department.
He opened fire on deputies near Bevilles Corner, Fla., and shot himself in the jaw before the officers killed him, said Michael Mordaga, chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, who is in Florida assisting with the case.
Marti told a relative last week that police would never take him alive, Mordaga said. "It appears at this point that he meant what he said."
Marti, 23, of Passaic, had eluded police since Thursday night, when prosecutors say he fatally shot Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura, 43, and wounded Clifton Officer Steven Farrell, 30, who is hospitalized in good condition.
Marti first fled to Binghamton, N.Y., with a cousin, then slipped away and drove south after more than 100 officers converged there, Mordaga said.
Marti got as far as Maryland before authorities realized he was gone, and he passed through Richmond, Va.; Atlanta; and Jacksonville, Fla.
Florida officers already were looking for Marti yesterday when a Hernando County sheriff's deputy walked by the suspect's parked car, Mordaga said. Marti fired at the deputy, missed and drove off.
Marti was pursued into Sumter County by six deputies from both counties, who used road spikes to flatten his tires. The car stopped on Route 4 in an area surrounded by fields and small homes.
"They were in a running gun battle going down the road when they passed me," Sumter County Sheriff Bill Farmer said.
Marti emerged from his car spraying bullets wildly and started to run toward a pickup truck occupied by two civilians. Moments later, he shot himself, and officers killed him.
Police were still searching for the cousin who allegedly accompanied Marti to New York and then to Florida.
Manuel Brignoni, 26, will be charged with hindering apprehension and weapons violations, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.
Suspect In Officer's Death Killed
Deputies in Florida gunned down a man who allegedly shot and killed a New Jersey police officer last week before leading authorities on a multi-state manhunt.
Omar Marti, 23, was found with a small arsenal of firearms, including an AK-47 assault rifle, said Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County, Fla., sheriff's department.
He opened fire on deputies near Bevilles Corner, Fla., and shot himself in the jaw before the officers killed him, said Michael Mordaga, chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, who is in Florida assisting with the case.
Marti told a relative last week that police would never take him alive, Mordaga said. "It appears at this point that he meant what he said."
Marti, 23, of Passaic, had eluded police since Thursday night, when prosecutors say he fatally shot Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura, 43, and wounded Clifton Officer Steven Farrell, 30, who is hospitalized in good condition.
Marti first fled to Binghamton, N.Y., with a cousin, then slipped away and drove south after more than 100 officers converged there, Mordaga said.
Marti got as far as Maryland before authorities realized he was gone, and he passed through Richmond, Va.; Atlanta; and Jacksonville, Fla.
Florida officers already were looking for Marti yesterday when a Hernando County sheriff's deputy walked by the suspect's parked car, Mordaga said. Marti fired at the deputy, missed and drove off.
Marti was pursued into Sumter County by six deputies from both counties, who used road spikes to flatten his tires. The car stopped on Route 4 in an area surrounded by fields and small homes.
"They were in a running gun battle going down the road when they passed me," Sumter County Sheriff Bill Farmer said.
Marti emerged from his car spraying bullets wildly and started to run toward a pickup truck occupied by two civilians. Moments later, he shot himself, and officers killed him.
Police were still searching for the cousin who allegedly accompanied Marti to New York and then to Florida.
Manuel Brignoni, 26, will be charged with hindering apprehension and weapons violations, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.
