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Federal officers shoot drug suspect during melee at NJ Ruby Tuesday

Federal officials in New Jersey on Wednesday opened fire at two suspects — 𒐪shooting and injuring one of them — in a confrontation outside of a Ruby Tuesday, a re🔴port said.

The melee kicked off at about 4 p.m., when officers from a DEA task force tried to 𝓡arrest the suspects outside of the chain restaurant across the street from The Mills at Jersey Gardens Mall in Eli🐭zabeth, .

Onꦆe of the suspects was shot and the second sus⛄pect was arrested, according to ABC 7.

The suspect’s condition, and the details that led up to shootout were unclear, according to the report.

No officers were injured in the shooting.

Multiple vehicles were involved in the incident, and footage from the station showed the chain restaurant’s parking lot blocked with evidence markers littered across the pavement as police searched an SUV in the pouring rain.

It’s unknown if the shootout was part of a planned raid.