What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that a person whose name police withheld died on June 14, 2006 in Newton, Sussex 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 "New Jersey State Police". 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 Newton, Sussex County, on June 14, 2006. The address as recorded is Mackerley Road Newton NJ 07860 Sussex.

Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset

Name withheld by police

June 14, 2006 · Newton, Sussex County

Fatal Encounters records that police withheld this person's name.

Details as recorded

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

Name as recorded: Name withheld by police
Age as recorded: not reported
Gender as recorded: Male
Race as reported: Race unspecified
Date of the injury resulting in death: June 14, 2006
Location as recorded: Newton, Sussex CountyMackerley Road Newton NJ 07860 Sussex
Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: New Jersey State Police

An agency appears here because it appears in the record's as-reported agency field, nothing more. Its presence is not a claim of fault or responsibility.

Department pages (matched by this site at high confidence)

New Jersey State Police

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.

Police responded to a possible domestic dispute on Mackerley Road, police said. They arrived to find the armed man holed up inside a home. State Police SWAT team was then dispatched to the scene. Police gained entry into the home around 3:30 p.m., and found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zey3duxHhL9WB0IS_yum49HPnd-mruPTfLR3Ky6QU_s/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?: Fatal Encounters records that a person whose name police withheld died on June 14, 2006 in Newton, Sussex 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 "New Jersey State Police". 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 Newton, Sussex County, on June 14, 2006. The address as recorded is Mackerley Road Newton NJ 07860 Sussex.
Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?: No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

Sources

[1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 24899. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩