Officers responded to a call of a man threatening two men with a knife in the apartment complex parking lot. When they arrived, McGlyn allegedly confronted them with a knife, and one of the officers shot him. McGlyn was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center. McGlyn had been facing three counts of making terroristic threats and two weapons offenses. McGlyn suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and was bipolar.
Victim's Name: Kevin Michael McGlyn
Agency Responsible: South River Police Department
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Race: Unknown race
Date of Death: February 23, 2013
County: Middlesex
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Unreported
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: Unknown
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Geography: Suburban