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Posted: Friday, 16 May 2008 11:04AM

Bergenfield, N.J. Police Officer Shot in the Bahamas

NEW YORK (AP)  -- A Bergenfield police officer is in stable condition after he was shot at point-blank range trying to break up a robbery in the Bahamas.

A colleague tells WNBC-TV in New York John Casper was on vacation and walking with three friends in Nassau when they saw a robbery in progress.

1010 WINS Audio: Steve Sandberg reports

The friend says the 49-year-old confronted the suspect and a second suspect shot Casper in the chest Wednesday night.

There's no word on any arrests.

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