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Borough Police, Ridgefield Park, NJ

SWAT: Armed Ridgefield Park Man, 58, Takes Own Life SWAT: Armed Ridgefield Park Man, 58, Takes Own Life
SWAT: Armed Ridgefield Park Man, 58, Takes Own Life A distraught Ridgefield Park man shot himself dead after barricading himself in his home Thursday night, authorities confirmed. Scott DeGraw, 58, had recently lost a close friend and was “going through a tough situation,” one responder said. A woman sustained minor injuries after trying to take a knife from him when police were called around 7:30 p.m., he said. The area around the Main Street home near Grand Avenue was cordoned off and a SWAT team responded, along with borough, Bogota, Little Ferry and Ridgefield police, Lt. Arthur Jensen said. Everyone else got out of the home safely. …