Woodbridge officer injured in hotel shooting

WOODBRIDGE – The Woodbridge police officer injured in Thursday's shooting at the Royal Albert's Palace Hotel and Banquet Center in Fords was released Friday from a New Brunswick hospital, according to the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.

The injured Woodbridge officer was identified as Justin Nerney, who joined the department in 2016. Another Woodbridge officer involved in the hotel shooting was not injured, according to the attorney general's office.

The New York Police detective injured in the shooting was identified as Matthew Mauro, who the attorney general's office said was released from the hospital Thursday.

The attorney general's office also identified the man who died in an exchange of gunfire with police at the hotel as Karl Gregory, 46, of New York.