A New Jersey State Police sergeant  won’t face criminal charges after he fatally shot and killed a Black man on the Garden State Parkway two years ago.

The state Attorney General’s Office said a state grand jury declined to charge Sgt. Randall Wetzel in the shooting death of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon. He died two days before George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, touching off a nationwide examination of the use of lethal force by police. 

Gordon, an UberEats driver from Poughkeepsie known as “Junior,” interacted with six officers during four different encounters over a 28-hour span. But the officers were all unaware he’d been stopped before. When Sgt. Wetzel pulled him over, Gordon was speeding near exit 50, going 101 mph, authorities said. 

“Today's vote of no true bill is another reminder that police accountability still escapes Black people in New Jersey,” William O. Wagstaff, an attorney representing Gordon’s family, said in a statement. He called the news “another hindrance to the family’s grieving process.” 

Wagstaff also filed an excessive force case in federal court last March against Wetzel, the State Police and the Attorney General’s Office. The case remains pending. 

State Police didn’t respond to a request for comment or confirm whether Wetzel is back on the job. He was placed on paid administrative leave during the course of the investigation.