New Jersey Man Shot by Cops In Standoff Dies of Injuries

A Phillipsburg man who was shot at his home by local police Monday morning has died from his injuries, Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke announced Tuesday.

Police headed to the home of Thomas Read, Jr., 36, Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. for a report of a man sending threatening messages to another person.

When police arrived, they found Read on the first floor of the home wielding a knife in “a threatening manner,” and refused to come outside when police told him to, Burke said.

During the confrontation, the man refused to comply with officers’ commands to drop the knife, Burke said, and was subsequently shot by police.

Despite receiving immediate medical attention at the scene, Read died as a result of his injuries at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania at 3:10 p.m. Monday, Burke said.

The three police officers who responded to the scene have all been placed on administrative leave while an investigation into the incident is conducted.

It is not yet known how many shots were fired or how many hit Read. According to lehighvalleylive.com, the Lehigh County Coronor said the cause of death was from “multiple gunshot wounds.”