New Jersey police officer found shot in Sayreville

A New Jersey police officer was fatally shot. The officer was found shot in his car in the parking lot of a movie theater at about 7:15 a.m.

Officer was sitting in his car near the Amboy Cinemas off the Garden State Parkway in Sayreville.

"We have been alerted to a report of a body located near the former movie theater in Sayreville. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating with the cooperation of the Sayreville Police Department. There will be no further comment at this time," according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office released statement.

Authorities wouldn't say what led to the fatal gunshot, but video from the scene shows the car with a shattered window on the passenger's side of the car.