Officer Shoots Chainsaw-Wielding Man On Memorial Day In Monmouth: AG

KEANSBURG, NJ — Police responding to a welfare check at a Keansburg home on Memorial Day encountered a man with "numerous weapons" and a chainsaw before one officer shot and injured the man, officials said.

Police were called to a residence on Seabreeze Way at approximately 1:07 p.m. on Monday, May 27, said the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on Friday.

Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the officers went into the home and came into contact with the man, "who possessed numerous weapons and a running chainsaw."

The as-yet unidentified man approached the officers with the chainsaw, and one officer deployed a Taser while the other fired his service weapon at the man, Platkin's office said.

The officers and responding EMTs rendered first aid to the man and he was then transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, according to the AG's office. He was listed in critical, but stable condition.

"The investigation into the circumstances of the encounter is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time," the AG's office said.

Officials have not identified the officers or man involved as of Friday afternoon.