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James Manzo

July 23, 2021 · Asbury Park, Monmouth County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
James Manzo
Age as recorded
27
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
European-American/White
Date of the injury resulting in death
July 23, 2021
Location as recorded
Asbury Park, Monmouth County305 7th Avenue Asbury Park NJ 7712 Monmouth
Highest level of force as recorded
Gunshot

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Asbury Park, Monmouth County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Asbury Park Police Department

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The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

At approximately 10:19 p.m. police responded to the home where James Manzo. Manzo allegedly was behaving erratically and said he would hurt another person. Officers entered the building and attempted to talk to Manzo. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to obtain information from Manzo, an officer attempted to enter Manzo's room. Manzo allegedly attempted to stab the officer with a pair of scissors. Officer James R. Crawford, who reportedly saw Manzo attempting to stab the other officer, shot and killed Manzo.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.njoag.gov/state-grand-jury-declines-to-criminally-charge-officer-involved-in-fatal-police-encounter-in-asbury-park-on-july-23-2019/ (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 25 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2021, and one of 17 it holds for Monmouth County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that James Manzo died on July 23, 2021 in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Asbury Park Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, on July 23, 2021. The address as recorded is 305 7th Avenue Asbury Park NJ 7712 Monmouth.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 829. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩