NEW BRUNSWICK — Two people were arrested Friday protesting the fatal police shooting of a New Brunswick man. Tormel Pitmann, 35, of New Brunswick, and Gabriella Aron, 19, North Brunswick, were arrested about 6:40 p.m. Friday and charged with obstructing a highway or passage, police Lt. J. T. Miller said. Pitmann and Aron were among 40 to 50 people...
NEW BRUNSWICK — Two people were arrested Friday protesting the fatal police shooting of a New Brunswick man.
Tormel Pitmann, 35, of New Brunswick, and Gabriella Aron, 19, North Brunswick, were arrested about 6:40 p.m. Friday and charged with obstructing a highway or passage, police Lt. J. T. Miller said.
Pitmann and Aron were among 40 to 50 people protesting the Sept. 22 shooting of Barry Deloatch, 47, of New Brunswick, who was shot in an alley behind 105 Throop Ave. about 12:10 a.m.
Pitmann and Aron were at the intersection of Throop Avenue and Handy Street, near the scene of the shooting, when they were arrested, Miller said.
He said officers had ordered protests to get out of the street.
The arrests bring the number people arrested during the almost-daily protests to four.
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