TRENTON, N.J. - Authorities in New Jersey have announced charges against eight people in connection to a shooting that wounded a New Jersey State Trooper on Saturday.
During a press conference Tuesday morning New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that State Police Detective Richard Hershey is expected to recover after undergoing surgery over the weekend.
Around 10 p.m. Saturday night, the Det. Hershey responded to a call of a home invasion at a trailer park in Pittsgrove Township.
According to investigators, a woman had been beaten and robbed by a group of women during the robbery, and the trooper was conducting interviews with witnesses.