OCEAN COUNTY, NJ – On Monday, around 8:40 a.m., the Brick Township Police Department responded to a 911 call from a woman who had been alerted by her Ring doorbell camera that her ex-husband, Corey Johnson, 28, of Brick Township, had entered her Judy Court residence unlawfully.
Upon receiving the notification, the woman left her workplace.
As she arrived in her home’s parking area, Johnson, who had left the premises by then, blocked her vehicle with his.
As a Brick Township Police Officer approached, Johnson fired a shot towards the officer, hitting the police vehicle’s windshield.
The officer suffered minor injuries from the shattered glass.
Subsequently, Johnson turned the weapon on himself, inflicting a critical head wound. First responders provided immediate aid, and he was transported to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where he remains in a grave condition.