NJSP Press Conference Announcing Arrest of Jocquise R. Timmons

Attorney General Matthew Platkin, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahanl and First Assistant Attorney General Lyndsay Routolo announce the arrest of a man charged with opening fire on two New Jersey State Troopers in Paterson and hitting one, in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 2 while at NJSP Newark Station in Newark, N.J. on Friday, March 3, 2023. Jocquise R. “John-John” Timmons, 28, of Paterson, was arrested in South Carolina today and charged with two counts of attempted murder (1st degree), two counts of aggravated assault (2nd and 3rd degree), possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (2nd degree), and unlawful possession of a weapon (2nd degree). Timmons was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force and is being held in pending extradition.