Woodbridge Police Sergeant Shoots Man Armed With Baseball Bat

Reports on a May 29, 2025 incident in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, in which police officers responded to a 911 call about a man carrying a baseball bat. The video describes officers ordering the man to drop the bat, and a police sergeant firing shots at him. The man later died in hospital. It also covers the grand jury process, in which Sgt. Marco Bruno was indicted on an aggravated manslaughter (1st degree) charge on April 6, 2026, under the state's law on fatal police encounters. The video is sourced from PoliceActivity, which is credited as the original provider. The description notes that the content is intended for educational and informational purposes and includes a viewer discretion advisory.

• Police responded to a 911 call in Port Reading on May 29, 2025
• Officers repeatedly ordered the man to drop a baseball bat
• A Woodbridge police sergeant was indicted by a state grand jury on April 6, 2026
• Source credited: PoliceActivity

* (Disclaimer: The content in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Woodbridge Township, New Jersey — On May 29, 2025, shortly after 1:00 a.m., officers from the Woodbridge Police Department were dispatched to a residence on East Tappen Street in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township, in response to multiple 911 calls. The callers reported an assault with injuries during an incident involving a male, later identified as 35-year-old Aamir Allen, who had a baseball bat. Responding officers encountered Allen, who was carrying a bat while walking in the roadway. Officers repeatedly ordered Allen to drop the bat. Allen did not drop the bat and began walking away as officers followed him from a distance. Allen stopped walking outside a closed convenience store in Port Reading, where he stood holding the bat as officers continued ordering him to drop the bat. The defendant responded to the scene shortly after a transmission was broadcast over the police radio reporting that Allen had struck occupied cars with the bat. The defendant exited the vehicle and, after issuing several commands for Allen to drop the bat, fired six shots from his service weapon. Allen was wounded and was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at approximately 1:40 a.m. He was pronounced deceased at 9:21 a.m. A state grand jury, acting under the law that requires the presentation of fatal police encounters to a grand jury, had returned an indictment against the Woodbridge Police Sergeant. After hearing testimony and evidence, the grand jury finished deliberating on April 6, 2026, and voted to indict Sgt. Marco Bruno, who fired a series of shots that struck and killed Allen, with aggravated manslaughter (1st degree). Allen’s death was investigated by the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), and the case was presented to New Jersey residents serving on the grand jury in accordance with the Independent Prosecutor Directive of 2019. Following deliberations, the grand jury voted to file an aggravated manslaughter charge against the defendant. 🚨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 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡.⚠️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Special thanks to Shout-Out Supporters on Patreon: - 'DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse' - John Doe - 'Twitchypowpow' - 'MrGiggles-.' - Lillian Daley - Tyrell Robertson - christine Grinter - 'Based Asuka' - 'The Evil Queen' - Benjamin Osgood - Gary Wilson - LJ - Edward Aquino - Brianna Wilkins - Eian Smith - brandon - William - Hunter - Cammy - Elisabeth Craig - Bobby Roach - Sarin Dipity - Becky Hopkins - thomas - Cody Stephens - Troy Polansky - Tulla Belle - 'quadrakyiro' - Scott