Elderly man, 76, is in critical condition after being shot by state troopers in his own living room – before they realized they were at the WRONG address
Gerald Sykes, 76, thought his home in Cumberland County, New Jersey, was being invaded
State troopers, responding to the wrong address, thought he was a threat while they followed up on a hang-up 911 call
They exchanged gunfire, and Sykes ended up in the hospital in critical condition after being struck by bullets
Both troopers were treated and released from Inspira Medical Center
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 July 2016
A 76-year-old New Jersey man is in critical condition after state police responded to a 911 call to the wrong house — and shot him as he stood in his own living room, authorities said.
Emergency dispatchers received a 911 call about 11:30pm Friday from a location in Cumberland County, but the caller hung up without giving a location.
The call appeared to have come from a house on Centerton Road and two uniformed state troopers responded. At the time, they didn’t realize the call hadn’t come from that address.
The troopers shined flashlights through a sliding glass door in the rear of the house and said they were responding to a 911 call.
But Gerald Sykes, 76, fired a single round from a shotgun through the door thinking they were intruders, according to a preliminary investigation.
One of the troopers fired four rounds from a handgun, hitting Sykes.
He was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden where he was reported in critical but stable condition, officials said.
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