Civilians Wrestle Gunman For Weapon, Wayne PD Nabs Him After Chase: Authorities

WAYNE, NJ — Civilians successfully wrestled a gunman for his weapon after he pointed it at someone in a Wayne home, police said. But then Kenneth Marcano took officers on an early-morning chase, according to authorities.

Wayne police went to a home just after 1:30 a.m. April 10 in the Mountain View section of the township for a domestic-violence incident involving a firearm, police said. Marcano, 40, pointed the gun at someone during an argument, but others tackled him and took the weapon away, members of the household told police.

Officers Steve Martell and Michael Sweeney entered the home. But the victim told them Marcano jumped from a window to escape from police.

While speaking with victims and witnesses outside, Officer Kristin Mikolaczyk spotted Marcano running over the train tracks toward Lincoln Park, authorities said. She and Officer Erik Cueva apprehended the suspect near the Lincoln Wayne Car Wash, according to police.

Police recovered a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun at the scene. The gun wasn't registered in New Jersey and its origin remains under investigation, authorities said. Marcano, of Wayne, also couldn't legally have a firearm in New Jersey because of prior convictions.

Marcano was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, resisting arrest by flight and being a certain person not to possess a weapon. Officials placed him in the Passaic County Jail, pending a detention hearing.

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