US EditionInspector general releases report on deadly Stamford standoff
Jed Parkington expressed frustration over homelessness before the six-hour standoff; police found explosives and a second body ruled a homicide inside the home.
- On Dec. 2, a Connecticut State Marshal's eviction at 263 Oaklawn Ave triggered an hours-long standoff ending with Jed Parkington, 63, dead and an additional body found across the hall.
- Following a mortgage foreclosure, a Connecticut State Marshal arrived to evict Jed Parkington and his wife after a judge denied their Dec. 1 stay request.
- Special Response Team members in two BearCat armored vehicles were fired on and retreated after Parkington shot at and damaged the trucks, while police drones were shot down before one located Parkington with a gunshot wound to the head.
- The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Dec. 4 ruled Parkington's death a suicide from gunshot wounds, classified the other death as homicide, and multiple agencies continue investigating.
- Parkington wore a military-style shirt with a Nazi insignia and a utility belt the marshal believed might include explosive devices, the Connecticut Office of the Inspector General reported.
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Second body found after deadly Stamford standoff was homicide victim
A Stamford, Conn., man who died last week after an hours-long standoff with police shot up armored Bearcat vehicles, obliterated several police drones, and wore a military style shirt bearing a Nazi insignia, the state inspector general’s office said Tuesday. The accounts were among details that emerged in the preliminary report by Inspector General Eliot Prescotton on the deadly Dec. 2 incident. Throughout much of the afternoon, police had exch…
CT man voices frustration over eviction. Then he turned gun on himself during standoff: report
Authorities quickly learned the man was well-armed and would not leave his house peacefully. That information is contained in a preliminary report the Connecticut Office of Inspector General has released following a standoff in Stamford on Dec. 2 where 63-year-old Jed Parkington traded fire with members of the Stamford Police Department before turning the gun on himself. According to the preliminary investigation conducted by Inspector General E…
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‘This is not going to end well': Inspector General releases new details on deadly Stamford standoff
Learn about the deadly standoff in Stamford, including the use of drones and the discovery of explosives and human remains.
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