Marc Anthony Dinardo, 37, was a ten-year veteran detective with the Jersey City Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit who died after being wounded in the line of duty. On the morning of July 16, 2009, officers on a stakeout confronted two suspects near a car. A male and a female, both wearing bathrobes, fled and barricaded themselves on the third floor of an apartment on Reed Street. As ESU officers attempted to batter the door, they were met with gunfire; Detective Dinardo was struck in the face by a shotgun blast and four other officers were injured in the exchange.

Both suspects were shot and killed inside the apartment. The male suspect was later identified as a career criminal recently released from prison; Dinardo had previously arrested him on weapons possession charges. Dinardo was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and died on July 21, 2009, five days after the shooting. His family donated his organs.

Did anyone in Jersey City have contact with Detective Dinardo or the scene on Reed Street that morning and can add details?