Authorities have released the identity of the man shot by police on the Ventnor-Atlantic City border last week.
Amir Johnson, 30, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, allegedly advanced on police during a confrontation on the Ventnor-Atlantic City border that began at about 4:15 p.m.
The shooting remains under investigation by the Attorney General's Office.
Police officers fatally shot a man after he advanced on them with a broken bottle minutes into an encounter Thursday, according to the preliminary investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.
Authorities are still trying to determine the man’s identity.
Ventnor and Atlantic City police were called to the city’s border on Wellington and West End avenues at about 4:16 p.m., concerning a man behaving erratically.
When the responding officers encountered the man, he was walking in and out of a marshy area along the roadway, while holding a broken glass bottle in his hand, the preliminary investigation found.
The officers attempted to engage the man and offer him assistance, but he refused to comply with their commands, including repeated requests for him to drop the bottle, according to the report.
Instead, he continued to walk back and forth on the roadway, where officers had stopped traffic for safety reasons.
At about 4:30 p.m., the man advanced on officers with the broken bottle in his hand and multiple officers fired their weapons, fatally wounding him.
An ambulance took him to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus where he was pronounced dead at 6 p.m.
The details released by the Attorney General’s Office match those of a witness who captured most of the altercation on video, which was shared with investigators.
Joey Killian said he pulled up as the first officer was on scene.
The man had a piece of broken glass in his hand, and appeared either high or mentally ill, he said.
The video shows the man walk back and forth from the marsh on the bay side of the road. He then crosses the road to the other side.
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