3-Hour Rahway Police Standoff Ends With Man Who Fired Shot In Custody

A Rahway man who threatened to harm himself and fired off a gunshot with his disabled mother-in-law home was taken into custody following a three-hour standoff with police, authorities said.

Cecilia Levine

02/04/2020 8:55 a.m.

Rahway police responded to an apartment complex at 255 Grand Ave., on reports that Felix Vasquez, 58, was intoxicated and threatening to hurt himself around 6:45 p.m., Monday, Rahway police said.

Residents of the building were evacuated as a precaution before Vasquez discharged a round, police said.

Authorities made entry around 9:45 p.m. and Vasequez was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation, police said.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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