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by Robert Moran Published Nov. 20, 2025, 4:43 p.m. ET

A New Jersey grand jury decided not to charge a police officer in Burlington County for fatally shooting a 57-year-old man who was firing a rifle during a confrontation a year ago, the Attorney General’s Office said Thursday.

Marvin Taylor was shot by Pemberton Township Officer Kyle McQueen on Oct. 19, 2024 , in a wooded area behind a residence on Woodland Avenue in the township’s Browns Mills section.

“Marvin, we are here to help you! Put the gun down now!” McQueen can be heard on bodycam video yelling at Taylor.

McQueen again orders Taylor two more times to drop his weapon. Then a single gunshot can be heard, and McQueen yells to his fellow officers,

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