UPDATE ON OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING-(Deptford Township, Glou County NJ) Press Release – GCPO 12/13/24
Officer Involved Shooting, Deptford Township, New Jersey
On Thursday, November 28, 2024, at approximately 1:30 pm, the Deptford Township Police Department
responded to the Fairfield Inn, located at 1160 Hurffville Road, Deptford, NJ, after hotel management
requested police response and advised one of the occupants had been acting aggressively. Preliminary
investigation revealed that when officers arrived at the hotel, they spoke with occupant Jeffrey Jaworski
age 58, of Sewell, N.J. Jaworski opened the door of his hotel room for the officers but quickly slammed it
shut. Jaworski refused to comply with the officers’ request to open the door and was advised he was
under arrest. After gaining access to the room with management assistance, officers learned that Jaworski
jumped from the second floor window of the room and fled on foot.
Officers followed Jaworski on foot into a dense wooded area in the rear of the hotel parking lot. Jaworski
told police that he had a gun. During the encounter, Deptford Township Police Sergeant David Grogan
discharged three (3) rounds at Jaworski from his service weapon. Jaworski sustained a single gunshot
wound. Jaworski then moved further into the wooded area, jumped over a chain link fence, fled on foot
into traffic on Route 42 and was subsequently taken into custody.
Jaworski was transported to Cooper Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, to be treated for a non-fatal gunshot
wound. Jaworski was subsequently charged by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office with being a
fugitive from justice and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
The shooting remains under investigation by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Anyone with
additional information is encouraged to contact Detective Jordan Plitt of the Gloucester County
Prosecutor’s Office, at 856-384-5583. The police-involved shooting is being investigated pursuant to
Attorney General Directive 2019-4, which provides clear standards and procedures for conducting such
investigations. The Attorney General Office of Public Integrity & Accountability has appointed the
Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office as Independent Prosecutor.
(published in The Sentinel of Gloucester County Weekly Newspaper Printed Edition Week of 12/19/2024)