Jim Walsh

@jimwalsh_cp

A Winslow police officer is accused of shooting his patrol car.

Da'Shaun Carr, 23, of Clayton allegedly fired his personal handgun once through the front windshield of a police vehicle on the night of Oct. 3, authorities said Friday.

Carr, a part-time Class II Special Law Enforcement Officer, also activated an emergency button in his vehicle "and communicated by radio that his vehicle had been fired upon," the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

The incident brought a heavy police response to the shooting scene in New Brooklyn Park, the prosecutor's office noted.

"Officers from the Winslow Police Department, New Jersey State Police, Camden County Sheriff's Office and Camden County Prosecutor's Office responded to the scene and searched the area," the statement noted.

Carr allegedly shot from outside the vehicle, the statement said. It said bullet fragments were found inside the vehicle, and the results of ballistic testing were pending.

Carr, who joined the Winslow force a year ago, has been suspended without pay. He was charged with making false public alarms and was released on his own recognizance.

An attorney for Carr could not be reached Friday.

The shooting followed a similar incident in Pemberton Township, where a single shot hit the roof of a parked patrol car on Sept. 24.

An officer in the Pemberton Township car was unhurt, authorities said.

The status of an investigation into the Pemberton Township shooting could not be determined Friday.

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