{"id":4579,"date":"2026-01-06T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:04:12","slug":"man-with-knife-killed-mom-grandparents-before-deadly-police-shooting-in-piscataway-n-j-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4579","title":{"rendered":"Man with knife killed mom, grandparents before deadly police shooting in Piscataway, N.J.: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PISCATAWAY, N.J. —\u00a0Officials in Piscataway, New Jersey, said Tuesday that a man with a machete killed his mother and grandparents before he was shot and killed by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Officers responded to a home on River Road around 5:30 p.m. on Monday after receiving a 911 call from a man reporting that an individual had a knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When officers arrived at the scene, they say the suspect was holding a machete. When they tried to use tasers, they say it did not stop him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities say he charged at the officers with the weapon, and that is when they shot and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When police went inside the home, they found three bodies that are believed to be the suspect’s mother and grandparents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was pretty much about to start making dinner, and then I just heard the cops come next door,” said neighbor Jessica Conroy. “I looked outside the window, and they had their weapons drawn, and then we heard the shots go off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office are investigating their deaths. Officials say there were no prior incidents at the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighbors told WABC-TV that they had nice encounters with those who lived at the home in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Very nice, lady. Very nice, quiet neighborhood. It’s so tragic that something like this happens,” said neighbor Keith Heron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials say it appears to be an isolated incident and that there is no indication of any threat to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PISCATAWAY, N.J. —\u00a0Officials in Piscataway, New Jersey, said Tuesday that a man with a machete killed his mother and grandparents before he was shot and killed by police. Officers responded to a home on River Road around 5:30 p.m. on Monday after receiving a 911 call from a man reporting that an individual had a…<\/p>\n

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