The gunman was shot, apprehended and taken to an area hospital after a nearly four-hour standoff, said Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore, noting that “the extent of his injuries are unknown.”įiore added that the women were “OK” and that “there were no injuries from a law enforcement standpoint.” The incident, which took place about 20 miles south of Philadelphia, was “resolved” minutes after noon when authorities were forced to intervene. The suspect grabbed one of the women, put a gun to her head and shouted, “I am not going to jail, but I will kill you,” according to NBC 10. The hostages were the suspect’s ex-girlfriend and her friend, according to Gail Wright, 57, a cousin of the gunman.Īuthorities did not release the gunman’s identity. The gunman entered the UPS Mail Innovations on Birch Creek Road in Logan Township, Gloucester County, around 8:30 a.m., pistol-whipped a security guard and fired shots into the ceiling before taking the women hostage, a worker told NBC 10.

Officials respond to reports of an active shooter at a UPS facility in New Jersey. A gun-wielding man burst into a New Jersey UPS facility Monday morning, opened fire and took two women - including one with whom he had a relationship - hostage before he was shot and the victims freed, officials said.

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