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Edward C. Gandy

January 22, 2018 · Millville, Cumberland County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Edward C. Gandy
Age as recorded
47
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
European-American/White
Date of the injury resulting in death
January 22, 2018
Location as recorded
Millville, Cumberland CountyE McNeal St & N High St, Millville, NJ Millville NJ 08332 Cumberland
Highest level of force as recorded
Gunshot

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Millville, Cumberland County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Millville Police Department

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The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Edward C. Gandy called 911 and reported his location and that he had a loaded firearm. Police went to the area and found Gandy. He was shot and killed. No firearm was recovered.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.snjtoday.com/story/37322352/police-officer-shoots-kills-man-in-millville-following-911-call (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 29 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2018, and one of 26 it holds for Cumberland County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Edward C. Gandy died on January 22, 2018 in Millville, Cumberland County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Millville Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Millville, Cumberland County, on January 22, 2018. The address as recorded is E McNeal St & N High St, Millville, NJ Millville NJ 08332 Cumberland.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 7657. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩