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Attorney General Investigates Piscataway Police Shooting, Where 3 Bodies Were Found In Home
Police fatally shot a machete-wielding man after he charged at officers; three people found dead inside appear to be his mother and grandparents, officials said.
- On Monday, Jan. 5, Piscataway Police Department officers responded to a River Road residence at 5:30 p.m., fatally shooting an unidentified male suspect armed with a knife and finding three others dead inside.
- After a 911 call reported a knife inside the house, a man alerted police about an individual with a machete, and officers' Tasers failed to stop him before he charged.
- State and county investigators said the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are probing the incident as police cordoned the 800 block of River Road and blocked traffic near Rutgers' Livingston campus.
- Officials said authorities have not released names of the deceased or officers and described the incident as isolated, with two victims believed to be grandparents.
- Responding officers were evaluated, and neighbors told reporters `They told him to stop several times; they gave him commands to stop`, after the incident.
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The authorities have not specified the cause of death of these three persons or their relationship with the dejected suspect.
After killing a man who threatened them with a machete, the police found three people dead inside a house in New Jersey.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Center
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- 42% of the sources are Center
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C 42%
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