Armed Officer Killed After 10-Hour Standoff With Police

PISCATAWAY, NJ — A Piscataway police officer barricaded himself inside a home on William Street Sunday afternoon and an hour later police heard gunshots coming from inside the house, Mayor Brian Wahler said.


Investigators and officers from the Piscataway Police Department, the Middlesex County SWAT team and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office were at the scene and two streets, Williams Street and Susan Court, were cordoned off. Wahler said it was unclear whether anyone had made contact with the officer inside the house as of 11:30 p.m.

At about 4p.m. four shots were fired as responding officers attempted to persuade the cop to exit his home. It is unclear if the gunfire came from within the home or from officers at the scene.

After a 10-hour standoff with police, it was over. It is unclear if the officer killed himself or was killed by officers on the scene.

One neighbor described the cop as a 20-year veteran who was coping with a divorce and other problems.

It is not known what initially sparked the standoff.

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