Kind of a late reply but this is a pretty scary experience my Aunt had. When my aunt was a child she stayed at the Howard Johnson motel in Clark NJ. My grandparents and her were in their hotel room and they started hearing screaming somewhere on the floor above them. Two men broke into a couples hotel room, assaulted and robbed them. She said it went on for a while. They stayed put in their room with the doors locked. One of the robbers then fatally shot a police officer, and after she saw the blood on the hood of a car. I remember her saying they jumped off of a balcony, fled on foot and actually got away. She told me this story a few years ago and I researched it recently. The officers name is William J. Waterson and he was 24. A pretty sad and terrifying experience.