Police killings
2013-2020

Scott Mielentz

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/20/2018

Princeton, Mercer, NJ
136 Nassau St

An armed Scott Mielentz stormed into the Panera on Nassau Street after 10 a.m. as customers and employees fled through the back of the building. Police negotiators allegedly tried to get Mielentz to give himself up peacefully for several hours until around 3 p.m. when police shot and killed him.