Public Safety · Moonachie, NJ
State Police Detective Fatally Shoots Man Oct. 28 in Moonachie
A New Jersey State Police detective fatally shot Roberto Castro-Quinonez, 30, of Bakersfield, California, on October 28 in the borough of Moonachie, Bergen County. The incident occurred at approximately 5:15 p.m. in the Gotham Parkway area near West Commercial Avenue, where plain-clothes detectives were conducting a criminal investigation. According to the Attorney General's Office, Castro-Quinonez approached one detective and had an interaction before a second detective arrived; one detective then fired his duty weapon twice. Castro-Quinonez was pronounced dead at 5:44 p.m. The Attorney General's Office is investigating under N.J.S.A. 52:17B-107(a)(2), which governs deaths during law enforcement encounters, and the detective's name has not been released.