A cop lay fighting for his life.
A young suspect lay dead.
And two accused gunmen walked into a courtroom they would never forget.
As Atlantic City reeled from a casino-side shootout that left Officer Jostle Vadell critically wounded, dozens of officers quietly filled the gallery. They weren’t there for spectacle. They were there for him. For his wife, posting shaky Facebook updates from a hospital chair. For a community that watched in horror as a routine robbery call exploded into gunfire outside Caesars. And for the two men now facing justice, who entered the room to find themselves surrounded by the very uniform they allegedly tried to destroy. The silence, witnesses said, was louder than any shou… Continues…
