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Detective Seals lived in North Arlington, N.J., a suburb about eight miles northwest of Jersey City, with his wife and five children, the youngest of whom was 2 years old.

His mother, Deborah Ann Perruzza, 65, said that Detective Seals graduated from Bayonne High School in 1997, and set his eyes on a career in law enforcement.

“He always wanted to be a cop,” she said.

On Tuesday, Ms. Perruzza said that when she saw news of the shootings, she had no idea her son was working. It was not long before her phone rang, with one of her sons calling to tell her to come to the hospital.

When she arrived at Jersey City Medical Center, doctors and officials told her that her son had been shot twice, including once in the back of the head.

“He was gone,” she said.

A man who threatened a copycat attack was arrested.

With much of the region on edge after the violence in Jersey City, officials in neighboring Bayonne, N.J., announced that they had arrested an 18-year-old man late Tuesday night after he threatened a copycat attack at a high school there.

The Bayonne police took Deandre Jefferson, 18, into custody, officials said. He was charged with false public alarm, false reports to law enforcement and terroristic threats.

The police said in a statement that they determined that the threat was not credible.

The school district had ordered students to shelter in place during Tuesday’s shootout in Jersey City.

Nick Corasaniti, Corina Knoll, Sharon Otterman, Edgar Sandoval, Ashley Southall and Tracey Tully contributed reporting. Susan C. Beachy contributed research.