Woodbridge Police Sergeant Indicted For Fatal Shooting That Took Man's Life

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Woodbridge Police sergeant was indicted Monday for the fatal police shooting that killed a Carteret man last May, said New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport.

This was the fatal police shooting that occurred May 29, 2025 outside a Port Reading convenience store. It led to the death of Aamir Allen, 35, of Carteret.

After hearing testimony and evidence, on Monday of this week (April 6) a grand jury voted to indict Woodbridge Police Sergeant Marco Bruno, who fired a series of gunshots that struck and killed Allen.

Bruno is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter. The grand jury indicted him on that charge Monday.

This happened May 29, 2025: Shortly after 1:00 a.m., officers from the Woodbridge Police Department were dispatched to a home on East Tappen Street in Port Reading. Police had received multiple 911 calls from the home, reporting a domestic dispute.

The callers reported that people in the home were assaulted with a baseball bat by a man, later identified as Allen, said police.

Responding officers encountered Allen, who was carrying a bat while walking in the roadway. Officers repeatedly ordered Allen to drop the bat, said the Attorney General.

Allen did not drop the bat and began walking away as police officers followed him from a distance. Allen stopped walking outside a convenience store in Port Reading (the store has never been named), which was closed at the time. Allen stood holding the baseball bat as officers continued ordering him to drop it.

Bruno responded to the scene shortly after a transmission was broadcast over the police radio reporting that Allen had struck occupied cars with the bat. Bruno got out of his car and, after issuing several commands for Allen to drop the bat, fired six shots from his service weapon. Allen was hit by gunshots and was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 1:40 a.m. He was pronounced dead at 9:21 a.m.

The investigation included witness interviews, 911 calls, video footage captured by police body-worn cameras and a private security camera, photographs, radio transmissions and autopsy results from a medical examiner. Evidence, including videos of the shooting, was presented to the grand jury. Following deliberations, the grand jury voted the evidence was enough to bring a criminal charge of aggravated manslaughter against Bruno. He is not currently on duty on the Woodbridge Police force.

The recordings are available here: https://njoag.box.com/s/9l1izbzat13ixf9ylje8i8ux9yes8vq4.