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Officials: Police Kill Knife-Wielding Man in Piscataway After Slayings of Mother and Grandparents

Officials have withheld identities, saying there is no ongoing threat.

Overview

  • Officers responded to a 911 call about a person with a knife at a River Road home around 5:30 p.m. Monday.
  • Police say Tasers failed to stop the suspect, who charged at them with a blade, before he was fatally shot.
  • Investigators then found three people dead inside the residence, now believed to be the man's mother and grandparents.
  • The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and the New Jersey Attorney General's Office are conducting parallel probes of the homicides and the police use of force.
  • Authorities have not released any names, describe the case as isolated with no ongoing threat, and sources have characterized the weapon as a machete.