Point Pleasant man assaults two SWAT members as standoff ends, police say

POINT PLEASANT - Police encountered a borough man armed with a knife when they arrived at an Ivy Road home to make a well-being check, police said.

Christopher Brooks, 28, came to the front door and threatened to attack anyone who entered the home when the officers got there at 9:37 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Borough police officers cordoned off the house while the Ocean County Regional SWAT team, and the borough officers who belong to it, and negotiators from the borough and Ocean County headed to the scene.

While negotiators engaged Brooks during a more than two hour standoff, his brother and mother remained locked in a room inside the home, police said.

When SWAT team members entered the home, Brooks assaulted the two officers, police said. No one was injured.

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Brooks was taken to Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center in Brick for evaluation, police said. Officer Christopher Phillips of the borough police department is investigating.

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Charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threats and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose against Brooks were pending.

Ken Serrano has covered crime and breaking news in New Jersey for more than 20 years. Reach him at 732-643-4029 or at kserrano@gannettnj.com,