Kearny Police Department

Police Chief George King released the following information from the scene: At 8:45 a.m. today, Kearny Police officers were requested to check the welfare of a man inside a home near Webster and Passaic Avenues in Kearny. Officers and a mental health screener from Jersey City Medical Center’s Mobile Crisis Unit attempted to contact the man. Unfortunately, the man barricaded himself within the home and refused help. Information later aggregated from several sources indicated t