In road rage incident, Gloucester official pulls gun on motorist who hit his car

A hit-and-run incident in Washington Township last Thursday led to Jack DeAngelo, the deputy director of the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management, pulling his gun on the person who allegedly hit him, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.

At approximately 6:50 PM on February 17, DeAngelo called 911 to report that someone had hit his car.  DeAngelo followed the car to the end of a local street and pulled his gun on the driver of the other vehicle.  Nobody was injured in the incident.

Washington Township police allowed DeAngelo, a former firefighter with contacts in the community, to drive home.  Now he’s been less than fully cooperative with law enforcement officials investigating the matter.

DeAngelo was not issued a gun by Gloucester County, the NJ Globe has confirmed.

DeAngelo had worked in the county health department and in the fire marshal’s office before joining the OEM staff.

His hiring in 2003 led to a lawsuit by a woman DeAngelo replaced in a new bioterrorism unit.  The woman, Sherry Gilkin, claimed DeAngelo’s local political connections led to his hiring at a salary of roughly $10.000 more than she was making.