'This Is Not Going To End Well': Details, Videos Released In Barricaded Suspect's Standoff With Stamford PD

STAMFORD, CT — Videos released Tuesday as part of a preliminary report from the CT Inspector General's Office show the harrowing moments a barricaded man and police exchanged gunfire during an eviction standoff in Stamford.

The preliminary report from Inspector General Eliot D. Prescott sheds more light on the hours-long incident from Dec. 2 that led to the suicide death of the homeowner at 263 Oaklawn Ave., and the discovery of a second dead body and multiple explosive devices within the home.

At approximately 9 a.m. on Dec. 2, a CT State Marshal arrived at the home to evict the homeowners following the foreclosure of their mortgage, Prescott said. Court records show Jed Parkington, 63, owed over $700,000.

Parkington's wife submitted a letter to a court judge recently, saying she, her husband and her dog did not have a place to move to.

The woman said her husband lost his job in 2014, was diagnosed with cancer in 2021, and she asked the judge to allow them to stay in the home through the holidays into March 2026.

A judge denied the woman's request in an order filed Dec. 1, saying he was "not unsympathetic to the defendant," but the plaintiff/trustee involved in the foreclosure was "entitled to possession of the premises," according to the court order.

After arriving at the home last Tuesday, Prescott said, a state marshal encountered Parkington's wife and her dog in the driveway.

The marshal and Parkington's wife went to the rear entrance of the home, and Parkington came to the door and pushed his wife back outside, according to the preliminary report.

"Take her someplace safe, this is not going to end well," said Parkington, who was seen wearing a military uniform shirt with a Nazi insignia on the collar, Prescott noted.

The marshal subsequently called police, who, after it became clear Parkington might be armed and barricaded inside, sent in its hostage negotiation team.

Police arrived at approximately 9:17 a.m.

A seven-minute clip of the SPD hostage negotiator's conversation with Parkington was released in the preliminary report.

Parkington told the hostage negotiator his father fought in World War II, and told him "stories... on how to defend a house," according to the audio recording.

Parkington said he had unsuccessfully tried to find housing for himself and his wife.

"You know how long I've been looking for housing, and there's no housing," Parkington said. "How can they throw people out if they don't have any places to put them, except a shelter; treating people like garbage."

The hostage negotiator tried to persuade Parkington to come downstairs, but Parkington said he couldn't.

"I've lived in this house since 2005. I moved in when I was 40. Now I have to move out in my 60s with arthritis, depression. You don't move as fast," he said.

Parkington noted the denial from the judge the previous day.

"You can't do this to human beings," he added.

Search and arrest warrants for Parkington were granted, and at approximately 12:34 p.m., the Stamford Police Department's Special Response Team approached the home in two Bearcat armored vehicles.

After announcing to Parkington that he was under arrest and ordering him to exit the home with his hands up, Parkington began firing multiple rounds at both of the Bearcat vehicles, which sustained damage and were forced to retreat, Prescott said.

Editor's note: Warning: The following videos may be disturbing to some viewers and may contain inappropriate language

The standoff continued through the afternoon hours, with police deploying non-lethal flash bangs and Parkington firing at officers outside and at police drones deployed to determine his location within the home, Prescott said.

Parkington and officers continued to exchange gunfire, according to Prescott.

The incident prompted a massive law enforcement response from several area agencies, including the Bridgeport, Danbury, Stratford, New Haven, Westport and New Canaan Police Departments, as well as the CT State Police, Westchester County Police and Southwest Regional Department.

At approximately 3:35 p.m., law enforcement officers heard a single shot from inside the home, and a drone was sent in which appeared to show Parkington deceased with a single gunshot wound to the head, Prescott said.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) for the State of Connecticut confirmed Parkington died by suicide with a gunshot wound to the head and neck area.

The drone footage from inside the home also showed the presence of grenades, a pipe bomb, "and other explosive devices" inside the home, according to Prescott.

While the SPD Bomb Squad was in the process of rendering the home safe to enter, human remains were found in the room across the hallway from where Parkington's body was found, Prescott said.

Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw last week said the body appeared to be concealed and "in a decomposed state."

The OCME determined the cause of death of the second individual to be "blunt impact injuries of the head and torso with gagging," and the manner of death to be a "homicide," according to a notification to police from the OCME.

As of Tuesday, the identity of the human remains has not been conclusively determined, Prescott said.

Stamford police are continuing to investigate the discovery of the second body and could have an update this week, police told Patch.

Prescott said his office, along with the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad, Stamford Police, and the Stamford Judicial District's State's Attorney's Office are continuing investigations.

Shaw said last week detectives planned to speak with Parkington's wife, who was "involved in this," as well as other family members.