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East Windsor police shot a man Tuesday at the scene of a reported burglary in their town, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said. The man, whose identity was not publicized, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton following the 12:20 p.m. incident on Etra Road, and he was in critical condition, authorities said. No police officers were injured in the shooting, according to the prosecutor’s office. The circumstances that led to the shooting are under investigation by the prosecutor’s office, a spokesperson said. A preliminary investigation shows the officers went to a home following a call from a concerned citizen that a person was breaking into an abandoned house in the 300 block of the road. “Upon arrival, the officers encountered an adult male and shots were fired,” the office said in a statement. The New Jersey State Police is assisting the prosecutor’s office with processing the crime scene. Etra Road, also known as Etra-Perrineville Road and Route 571 in stretches, runs south east from Hightstown and through the old Village of Etra before becoming Perrineville Road in Millstone, Monmouth County.
