Harrowing bodycam footage shows the chaotic moment New Jersey police shot dead a knife-wielding maniac who just killed his mother and grandparents inside their home.
Along with the video of the police shooting, 911 calls were released Tuesday detailing the mayhem surrounding the triple-murder committed by Jordan Barnes in Piscataway.
“Please, please,” Barnes’ father pleading on the calls. “He said he’s going to kill us all, he’s f–knig going ballistic. Please help,” he told the operator.
Barnes charged at Piscataway police before an officer gunned down the 29-year-old man, according to video released by the state’s Attorney General’s Office.
When cops arrived at the two-story home, they attempted to reason with Barnes through a closed front door as they saw two victims on the ground inside unresponsive, the video shows.
“We gotta make entry, we got victims,” one officer can be heard saying as another cop slowly opens the door.
Barnes immediately screamed at police to “get the f—k out” as he inched closer to them with a knife in hand.
Police repeatedly demanded he get on the ground and then deployed tasers, but Barnes kept advancing until shots rang out, sending the hulking man to the ground, according to the footage.
One officer immediately ran into the house and tried to wake up one of the victims, but he was unresponsive.
Leading up to the shooting, Barnes’ father told dispatch his son was never violent before – and the only access he had to weapons was kitchen knives.
“He’ll chase me, I don’t know if he has a knife in his hands,” he said. “He’s running around, he’s outside right now screaming.”
The other 911 call came from the cellphone of victim Jeanmarie Barnes, the killer’s mother, the attorney general’s office said.
That call captured someone in the background shout “stop, stop” as other commotion could also be heard, according to the recording.
Jeanmarie Barnes, 60, and grandparents Richard Barnes, 86, and Brenda Barnes, 84, were all found dead inside the home from multiple stab wounds, officials said.
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability investigates officer-involved shootings.
