TOMS RIVER - An Ocean County man was shot late Thursday night after he allegedly pulled a gun on police officers.

Timothy Sauers

Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday night, officers on patrol approached a suspicious vehicle near the corner of Cedar and Haines drives in Toms River, Toms River Police Department spokesman Ralph Stocco said in a release Friday morning.

The officer made contact with 29-year-old Timothy Sauers of Toms River.

"During the interaction the man suddenly exited his vehicle and pulled a gun on the officers," Stocco said in the release.

Sauers received at least one gunshot wound before fleeing into the Toms River by jumping over a cement bulkhead at end of a dead-end street, police said.

The New Jersey State Police's Aviation Unit, the Ocean County Sheriff's Department and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office assisted the Toms River Police Department with its search for the suspect.

Sauers was located approximately an hour later by Tactical Response Officers and was immediately given medical treatment, police said.

Toms River EMS transported him to an undisclosed nearby medical facility for treatment.

No officers were injured during the incident, Stocco said.

The investigation will be led by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office, said Stocco, who directed all further inquires to that office.

No other details on the shooting were released as of 10 a.m. Friday.

Investigators were still on the scene at that time, as the intersection of remained cordoned off with police tape and several law enforcement vehicles were parked in the street. Detectives were also down by the waterfront.

Toms River resident Lori Rosen, who has lived one house away from the intersection where the shooting occurred for about 16 years, said went to her window after hearing the gunfire some time after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.

"I didn't think anything of it at first. I thought maybe it was just something hitting the house or the air conditioning unit," she said. "But then I looked out the window on the other side of my house and I saw some police lights. And then I saw some more and by the time I looked out again at 2 a.m., the place was swarming."

Rosen said nothing like this has happened in the picturesque riverfront community while she has lived there.

"They call this place 'The Meadow,'" she said. "It's the most peaceful place on earth."

Rosen also commended the police officers for their swift actions.

"How about our police officers, huh?" she asked while gently clapping her hands together. "The Toms River police are very good and we're very, very lucky to have them here. I feel grateful that they're as good as they are."

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