Middlesex Man Killed in Police Confrontation

A 75-year-old man was shot and killed by police after they were called to his home to quell a disturbance on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Talbot Schroeder, of Old Bridge, was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:27 a.m. after an Old Bridge police officer repeatedly told the man to drop a knife, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Police were called to the house at 40 Cedar Grove Place shortly before 6 a.m. and discovered Schroeder, who authorities said was visibly distraught, had attacked a family member, threatened another and injured himself with a knife, the prosecutor’s office said. The family member who was attacked was not seriously injured.

A preliminary investigation by the prosecutor’s office determined police had attempted to calm Schroeder and repeatedly warned him to drop the knife, before firing a single shot, killing him.

Police immediately contacted the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office following the incident, which took over the investigation.

The investigation into the shooting is active and ongoing.