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On December 28, 2023, Cranford police officers were pursuing a stolen vehicle on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The vehicle crashed near Exit 131 on the southbound side.

After the crash, the driver, Kevin Harlfinger, 40, of Perth Amboy, exchanged gunfire with Cranford Police Officers Christopher Folinusz and Ryan McSharry.

Harlfinger was pronounced dead at the scene at about 12:04 a.m. on December 29. A firearm was recovered from Harlfinger, and spent shell casings recovered at the scene were ballistically determined to come from that firearm.

Officer Folinusz sustained a non-fatal gunshot wound, was treated at a hospital, and later released. A state grand jury voted not to file criminal charges against the Cranford officers.

Listen to the 911 calls and dispatch audio for this incident here.