PISCATAWAY, N.J.March 29 2011 - Authorities are trying to determine whether a New Jersey police officer shot and killed himself during a standoff at his home or was hit by fellow officers who responded.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan says Piscataway Police Sgt. David Powell had threatened to kill any officer who approached the house in a standoff beginning Sunday afternoon and ending early Monday.
Kaplan says the standoff began after the 46-year-old Powell refused to go to police headquarters on a report that he had violated a restraining order. The prosecutor says Powell claimed he had a hostage.
Members of the Piscataway and Middlesex County SWAT teams responded. Kaplan says that at one point, Powell stepped on his porch and fired a 9 mm submachine gun. Police returned fire.
A robotic device was eventually sent in. Officers determined no one else was in the home.
Source:www.azcentral.com
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