ASBURY PARK – An investigation in the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man is being conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. The shooting occurred during the evening of Aug. 21 in Asbury Park.
The identity of the man has not yet been released and according to the preliminary investigation, multiple officers of the Asbury Park Police Department responded shortly after 9 p.m. to a report of a loud domestic dispute inside a two-family residence in the 900 block of 4th Avenue in Asbury Park.
Upon their arrival, police discovered a man and woman involved in a dispute. The residence. The woman was outside, and the man barricaded himself inside the upstairs apartment.
Members of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office arrived to assist the Asbury Park police officers. They tried to negotiate with the man through the door of the apartment in an effort to end the standoff.
During the incident, the man opened the door at various times, revealing that he was armed with a knife. The man continued to hold the knife despite repeated requests from the police to drop the knife.
Efforts to use a taser proved ineffective and the man remained armed with the knife, and at approximately 10:10 p.m., an Asbury Park officer shot and fatally wounded him.
Officers and EMS rendered medical aid, and EMS transported the man to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune
The man was later pronounced dead at around 10:31 p.m. The investigation is being conducted by the Attorney General’s Office, pursuant to a law enacted in January 2019.
This law requires that the Attorney General’s Office conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the accused is in custody.
No further information is being released at this time. The investigation is ongoing.
