By Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger
NEW BRUNSWICK — Protesters rallied outside New Brunswick City Hall this morning for the second day over the police shooting of a city man shortly after midnight Thursday.
"Justice for Barry, justice for all," the crowd of about 100 people shouted, referring to Barry Deloatch, the 47-year-old man shot by police about 12:12 a.m. Thursday in an alley on Throop Avenue at the corner of Handy Street.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan, in a statement Thursday, confirmed Deloatch was shot in "an incident" with police. However, Kaplan's office gave little other information and would not release details of Deloatch's wounds, or whether he was armed, or which officers were involved in the incident or the status of those officers.
New Brunswick residents demand answers to the shooting of Barry Deloatch New Brunswick residents demand answers to the shooting of Barry Deloatch Protesters rally around City Hall in New Brunswick angry about the death of Barry Deloatch who was shot and killed by a New Brunswick police officer on Wednesday. (Video by Patti Sapone / The Star-Ledger) Watch video
Deloatch's relatives say a witness told them that Barry Deloatch was shot as he was running away, leading family members to believe he was shot in the back. They also say he was not violent and was unarmed.
Barry's brother, Bennie Deloatch today dismissed reports of a police dispatch tape indicating Barry Deloatch threaten police with a stick and threatened or attacked officers.
"That's a bunch of malarkey. They're just fabricating a crime scene," Bennie Deloatch said at the rally today.
Family members say Barry Deloatch was sitting on front steps with another person about midnight Wednesday night when police approached. Deloatch ran around a corner and down an alley, and a witness heard two shots. Deloatch was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Deloatch's sister-in-law, Barbara Deloatch, said the hospital told relatives that Barry Deloatch was shot twice in the left side.
The prosecutor's office has said it is continuing the investigation.
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