Armed Man Shot After Advancing on Officers With Knife

Sourced from PoliceActivity, reports on a police encounter in Piscataway, New Jersey, on January 5, 2026. Police received 911 calls reporting a man threatening people inside a residence with a knife. After officers arrived and entered the home, the suspect advanced toward them while holding a knife; officers used tasers without effect and an officer fired a weapon, and the suspect was pronounced dead on scene. The video's description also refers to additional deaths found inside the residence and to the investigation that followed. The information is presented for educational and informational purposes, as stated in the source description.

• Two 911 calls received by Piscataway Police on January 5, 2026
• Officers entered the residence after the suspect refused to comply with commands
• Tasers were deployed without effect before an officer fired a weapon
• Source: PoliceActivity

* (Disclaimer: The content in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Piscataway, New Jersey — On January 5, 2026, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Piscataway Police Department received two 911 calls. The first call captured a female yelling, “Stop! Stop!” in the background with other commotion and yelling occurring. The investigation later revealed that this 911 call originated from the cellphone of 60-year-old Jeanmarie Barnes, the suspect's own father, who was subsequently found deceased in the residence. The second 911 call came from another relative of the suspect who reported that the suspect was threatening to stab individuals inside the residence. At approximately 5:33 p.m., the first of multiple Piscataway Police officers arrived at the residence and observed the suspect, 29-year-old Jordan Barnes, standing on the front porch. As that officer approached, Barnes picked up a knife on the ground. Barnes went inside the house and locked the front door. The officer then spoke with the relative who had called 911, who was standing in the driveway. The relative indicated that there were three additional people inside the house with Barnes. While speaking to the relative, Barnes appeared in the second-story window, made a gesture to his neck, and yelled to the officers that they were not getting inside the house. Multiple officers then assembled on the front porch of the residence. As one officer attempted to speak with Barnes through the closed front door, Officer John Ward looked through the front door’s sidelight and observed two individuals lying unresponsive inside on the floor. Officers then determined they would make entry into the residence utilizing a key provided by the relative. The officers opened the front door and encountered Barnes holding a kitchen knife in his left hand. Officers commanded Barnes to put the knife down and get on the ground. Barnes did not drop the knife or get on the ground. He advanced toward the officers. Three officers discharged their tasers to no effect. Officer Ward then fired his service weapon, striking Barnes. Officers provided immediate medical aid and cleared the residence for emergency personnel, who pronounced Barnes deceased on scene. Authorities recovered a large kitchen knife from the front porch, which Barnes had been holding, and a second broken knife from the immediate threshold of the entrance. After the shooting, police found Jeanmarie Barnes, 60, Richard A. Barnes, 86, and Brenda F. Barnes, 84, deceased inside the residence with multiple suspected stab wounds. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating their deaths. 🚨𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. ⚠️𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡