Decomposed body found in Connecticut after standoff with man who opened fire at police

A decomposed assemblage and respective explosives were discovered wrong a location pursuing an hours-long standoff with a antheral who had barricaded himself successful the residence and exchanged gunfire with instrumentality enforcement successful Connecticut, according to authorities.

Stamford Police responded to the Oaklawn Avenue location connected Tuesday greeting aft a authorities marshal called 911 portion attempting to transportation retired a tribunal bid to evict the man. 

The man, aboriginal identified arsenic 63-year-old Jed Parkington, opened occurrence astatine officers respective times during the day, damaging constabulary cars and prompting officers to instrumentality fire.

No officers were wounded successful the speech of gunfire.

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Law enforcement officers respond adjacent a location wherever a antheral changeable astatine officers and a decomposed assemblage was aboriginal recovered successful Stamford, Connecticut, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

The antheral was recovered dormant aboriginal successful the time from an evident self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

Officers were clearing the location aft the standoff recovered a decomposed assemblage connected the 2nd floor, Police Chief Timothy Shaw said successful a statement. Explosives specified arsenic tube bombs, grenades and Molotov cocktails were besides located successful the home.

"This was an highly unsafe incidental that tragically resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of 2 lives," Shaw said.

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Officers respond adjacent a location wherever a antheral opened occurrence astatine officers and a decomposed assemblage was aboriginal recovered successful Stamford, Connecticut, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

The constabulary main besides lauded the efforts of local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement officers and firefighters, including hostage negotiators who attempted to speech to the antheral for respective hours.

The Stamford Police weaponry squad responded to the location to safely region the explosives earlier detectives could statesman investigating the remainder of the residence.

Authorities said the individuality and origin of decease of the decomposed idiosyncratic was inactive nether investigation.

Stamford Police car (Stamford Police)

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The authorities inspector general's bureau is investigating the officers' usage of deadly unit during the standoff.

A slope had foreclosed connected the location and demanded the residents vacate the spot successful April since the owe was not being paid, tribunal records show. A justice ordered the eviction past period aft offering the accidental for the residents to marque owe payments.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.