TEANECK — A swarm of law-enforcement officers, including New Jersey State Police, raided a house in Teaneck shortly before 1 a.m. today, The Star-Ledger has learned.

Photographer Andrew Mills was on the scene and saw law-enforcement officials enter a house at 534 Emerson Ave. in Teaneck at about 12:50 this morning.

Police have identified Richard R. Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, as a possible suspect in the Paramus mall shooting, sources told The Star-Ledger.

The address matches that of Richard Shoop, who earlier this morning was identified by two senior law enforcement officials as the preliminary suspect in the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall shooting late Monday night.

A mix of officers in tactical uniforms and plainclothes — all with guns drawn — moved through the neighborhood and knocked on the door.

A man holding a screwdriver answered the door and the law-enforcement officers screamed: "Drop it! Drop it!"

The man fell to his knees outside the house and dropped the screwdriver. He said his wife and dog were still inside. The man's identity is not known, but he appeared to be older than the 20-year-old Richard Shoop.

The house is a white Dutch Colonial on a corner lot.

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