A state grand jury has decided not to file criminal charges against officers involved in the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks in 2023.

The shooting prompted major changes to the Paterson Police Department and statewide crisis response policies.

The attorney general's investigation found Seabrooks was in distress when police arrived at his apartment before 8 a.m. He had locked himself in a bathroom with knives for hours. Family said he might have had a bad reaction to something he smoked, acting out of character.

His mother, EMS, and police urged him to come out, assuring him he faced no trouble, but he claimed to have knives and a gun, per the report.

Crisis negotiators stepped in after he broke a water pipe, started a fire and threw items, injuring two officers.

Police used non-lethal sponge-tipped projectiles, striking him multiple times, but he held onto the knives and didn’t end the standoff.

Eventually, Seabrooks exited the bathroom with a knife, per body camera footage, and officers Anzore Tsay and Jose Hernandez shot him.

He died at Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.

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Following an intensive review, changes to the state’s use of force policy included: