JERSEY CITY, NJ – State officials have released the names of both the man killed and the police sergeant wounded in a fatal shooting last week on John F. Kennedy Boulevard.

The Attorney General’s Office said Steven B. Sanchez, 26, of Jersey City, died after exchanging gunfire with Sgt. Ricardo Reyes on the afternoon of September 5. The confrontation unfolded near the intersection of Clinton Avenue, where multiple officers had pulled up in separate patrol vehicles and approached Sanchez on the sidewalk.

During the encounter, investigators say Sanchez fired a weapon that was later determined to be a compressed air pistol. Sgt. Reyes returned fire, striking Sanchez. Both men were transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where Sanchez was pronounced dead at about 8:45 p.m. Reyes survived w

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