Police search for man who allegedly attacked police officers at Gloucester Township Day – NBC10 Philadelphia

Police officers in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, have released images of a person they are looking for after hundreds of people allegedly became involved in a mass brawl that spread from a park hosting the community’s annual Gloucester Township Day event on Saturday to the parking lot of a nearby shopping center.

On Wednesday morning, officials released an image of a man who allegedly attacked a police officer during that incident.

Gloucester Township Police Department

According to police, on the evening of June 1, at approximately 9:54 p.m., while police officers were busy dispersing a crowd at Urge Fitness, across from the Gloucester Township Day Festivities on Chews Landing Road, that individual refused to comply with police commands and allegedly struck an officer during the altercation.

Police officials said the alleged attacker punched the officer “several times before he was sprayed with pepper spray” and fled into the crowd.

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The man was able to escape officers as he fled through the crowd, police said.

Officials said he is just one of “many” suspects in the incident that police hope to identify. Officials are calling that person “Suspect 001” and said they plan to release information on additional individuals “in the coming weeks.”

The police are asking anyone who can provide information about this person to send an anonymous tip to https://gtpolice.com/tips or email them to [email protected].