MILLVILLE — Police were able to recover a handgun Thursday after investigating a shooting.

Millville Police Department officers responded to the area of 3rd and D streets Thursday for a report of shots fired from a New Jersey State Police trooper, police said. The trooper saw a man firing a handgun several times into a log set up in an empty parking lot.

Police chased the gunman but he eluded capture. Officers were able to recover the handgun. 

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