PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (WABC) — Officials in Piscataway said Tuesday that a man with a machete killed his mother and grandparents before he was shot and killed by police on Monday.
Officers responded to a home on River Road around 5:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from a man reporting that an individual had a knife.
When officers arrived at the scene, they said the suspect was holding a machete. When they tried to use tasers, they say it did not stop him.
Authorities say he charged at the officers with the weapon and that is when they shot and killed him.
When police went inside the home, they found three bodies that are believed to be the suspect’s mother and grandparents.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Attorney’s General Office are investigating their deaths.
Neighbors told Eyewitness News they had nice encounters with those who lived at the home in the past and officials say there were no prior incidents at the house.
The investigation is ongoing officials say it appears to be an isolated incident, and that there is no indication of an ongoing threat to the community.
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