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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.
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