Police shoots a man who approaches officers and threaten harm

555 A 37-year-old man from Orange was shot and wounded by Elizabeth police early Saturday morning while officers were responding to domestic violence call, in an incident being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Typically the investigation of a police shooting in Elizabeth would be handled by the Union County Prosecutor's Office. But the matter was transferred to Essex because one of the Elizabeth Police officers had a professional relationship with the Union County office, according to Essex law enforcement officials. A spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Elizabeth Police officers initially responded to calls of a domestic violence incident Saturday at about 2 a.m. near Court and 3rd Streets, Essex prosecutors said. There, they encountered Michael Bates, 37 of Orange, who allegedly approached the officers and threatened to harm them. The officers shot at Bates, striking him once. Bates was taken to University Hospital in Newark and treated for non-life threatening injuries, Essex prosecutors said in a statement. Bates was charged with making terroristic threats and creating a false public alarm.

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