ELIZABETH, NJ — An alleged robber was shot and injured by a retired Newark Police Department officer early Wednesday morning in Union County.

At around 5 a.m., Elizabeth Police responded to a 24-hour car wash located on Edgar Road just south of the Bayway Circle where they found the robbery victim and the shooting victim, according to the preliminary results of an investigation by the Prosecutor's Office's Shooting Response Team (SRT).

An investigation found that the retired officer was physically assaulted just before the shooting took place, Union County Prosecutor Thomas K. Isenhour said.

