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On February 12, 2024, New Jersey State Police members responded to a 911 call at about 7:51 p.m. reporting an active shooter at a residence on Columbia Street in Knowlton, Warren County.

When law enforcement entered the residence, they found a female victim with gunshot wounds. She was later pronounced dead. Troopers got a description of the suspect and found 38-year-old Armond Anthony Avitable, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, near Route 46 and Interstate 80.

At about 8:10 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Kyle Bruno and State Troopers Sarah Heitzenroeder, Justin Watts, Conner McNemar, and Connor Krueger took Avitable into custody after a struggle. While in custody, Avitable suffered a medical episode and became unresponsive.

NJSP members performed lifesaving efforts, including using an automated external defibrillator, until emergency medical personnel arrived. Avitable was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Pocono, in East Stroudsburg, where he was pronounced dead at about 8:57 p.m.

A Pennsylvania medical examiner ruled the manner of death an accident and the cause of death as "drug toxicity complicating hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease." A state grand jury voted "no bill," with no criminal charges filed against the responding state troopers.

Listen to the 911 calls and dispatch audio for this incident here.