A woman was injured while jumping from a first-floor window to escape a man who allegedly fired a shot at her in the residence they share in Gloucester County, according to police.
The man, identified by authorities as Joseph R. Hansen Jr., 24, allegedly shot at the 26-year-old woman around 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Weymouth Road in Franklin Township, police said.
The round missed the woman, police said, and she ran to a neighbor’s house to call 911, according to police.
She was taken to Inspira Medical Center in Elmer for treatment of injuries from escaping though the window.
Police did not say how the alleged shooter and victim are related.
Responding police surrounded the home and the Gloucester County SWAT team was called in, but officials soon learned Hansen fled the house before police arrived.
He was later spotted entering car near a local convenience store and officers were able to stop the vehicle and take the man into custody, police said.
He was charged with first-degree attempted murder, along with aggravated assault and weapons offenses, and placed in Salem County Correctional Facility.
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