Victims in Englewood double shooting are in stable condition; suspect in custody

ENGLEWOOD — State police arrested a suspect accused of shooting two adults Tuesday morning at a multifamily house on West Palisade Avenue, police said.

Odari Green, 37, of Hackensack fled the scene carrying a handgun and carjacked a woman in Hackensack, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said. He then led police on a chase on the Garden State Parkway and on foot before being arrested at 9:34 a.m. in East Orange, according to state police and the Prosecutor's Office.

The shooting occurred at 8:15 a.m. and forced the school district into a lockdown as police searched for the suspect. The lockdown was lifted at 9:10 a.m., said Superintendent Robert Kravitz.

"We didn’t know where the individual had fled the scene, so we did that as a precaution," Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said.

The two victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. They were shot multiple times but were in stable condition as of 6 p.m., according to the Prosecutor's Office.

Police have not said what charges they intend to bring against Green.

Englewood police, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office cordoned off part of West Palisade Avenue in Englewood and searched the house on Tuesday.

Hackensack, Teaneck and Maywood police assisted in the investigation.

Victor Gutierrez, a neighbor, heard police cars speeding to the house as he was eating breakfast and said he saw police approach the building with guns drawn.

His brother Alex, a sophomore at Dwight Morrow High School, texted his mother about the lockdown.

"He said he didn't know what was going on; he just heard something about a shooting," Gutierrez said.

Another neighbor, Bryan Valdez, said the owner of the house where the shooting took place rents out several units to tenants.

Suffern said that apart from a double homicide on the street several years ago, the residential neighborhood is typically quiet.

"Normally this area is relatively safe," Suffern said. "The incidents that happen are normally isolated to the individual, not the area."

Staff Writer Joshua Jongsma contributed to this article.

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