The Millville teen killed by a Cape May County detective was a possible suspect in the investigation, according to information released Wednesday.
Detective John Caccia, of the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, shot Jacob Servais three times in Vineland while investigating a violent crime in Cape May County, according to an investigation by the Attorney General's Shooting Response Team..
Whether Servaise, 19, resisted or had any type of weapon is still part of an ongoing investigation, according to a news release.
Caccia and other detectives from the Prosecutor's Office and Lower Township Police Department were conducting surveillance Oct. 18, in the area of Just Four Wheels Car, Truck and Van Rental on South Delease Drive in Vineland, according to the preliminary investigation.
The investigation was part of a violence crime committed in Cape May County earlier in the month, according to a release. It did not indicate which town or what the crime was.
Caccia encountered Servais, who was driving a Nissan Altima and was known to the detective as a possible suspect in the investigation, according to the news release.
Authorities have not said why Caccia fired his weapon.
Servaise already was charged in an
unrelated death-by-auto case for a crash in Franklin Township that killed his 17-year-old passenger. There was a warrant for his arrest in that case out of Gloucester County after he failed to appear for a scheduled court date, records show.
Millville man killed by detective had a warrant for his arrest, records show - BreakingAC
The Millville man fatally shot by a detective last week had a warrant for his arrest in a death-by-auto case, court records show. Jacob Servais, 19, was due in Gloucester County Superior Court on Sept. 6, stemming from a crash that killed his friend, 17-year-old Victor Manuel Garcia. He was charged with second-degree reckless death ... Read more
In New Jersey, all investigations of police deadly force incidents are governed by the Attorney General's Independent Prosecutor Directive, issued in 2006 and strengthened in 2015, which establishes strict procedures for conducting such investigations. It requires the Attorney General to review all deadly force investigations, and in some cases conduct them as well.
In this case, the investigation is being conducted directly by the Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team.
Unless the undisputed facts indicate the use of force was justified, the case would ultimately be presented to a grand jury for independent review.
