{"id":14624,"date":"2026-07-23T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14624"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:08:54","slug":"horrifying-connecticut-police-bodycam-footage-shows-crazed-robert-jenkins-iii-bludgeoning-his-dad-to-death-with-baseball-bat-outside-their-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14624","title":{"rendered":"Horrifying Connecticut police bodycam footage shows crazed Robert Jenkins III &#8216;bludgeoning&#8217; his dad to death with baseball bat outside their home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>A crazed Connecticut son bludgeoned his father to death with a baseball bat in a vicious broad daylight attack outside their home before police shot him dead, according to horrifying police bodycam footage.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Jenkins III, 38, was seen mercilessly clubbing his victim \u2013 who was later identified as his 69-year-old father Robert Jenkins Jr. \u2013 on the front lawn of their Meriden, Conn., home on Sunday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/recordjournal\/article\/fatal-meriden-police-shooting-ig-report-22354090.php\">Connecticut Insider reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Offiaeli \u2014 who was the first Meriden police officer on the scene \u2014 ordered Jenkins to \u201cput the f\u2013king bat down,\u201d which he refused to do, before firing a volley of shots, the bodycam 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250364.jpg?resize=220,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 220w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250364.jpg?resize=50,35&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\"\/><figcaption>Chilling bodycam shows Robert Jenkins III striking his victim \u2014 later identified as his dad \u2014 with a baseball bat. <span class=\"credit\">Meriden police<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen he (Offiaeli) arrived, Jenkins III was bludgeoning a male, who was lying motionless on the front lawn, in the head with a baseball bat,\u201d Eliot Prescott, the Connecticut Inspector General, said in a preliminary report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficer Offiaeli ordered Jenkins III to drop the baseball bat four times, but he did not comply and continued to strike the prone male on the head with the bat.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cOfficer Offiaeli then discharged his service firearm numerous times at Jenkins III. Several rounds struck Jenkins III, who then dropped the bat and fell to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offiaeli fired at least 18 rounds at Jenkins III. <\/p>\n<p>Jenkins III died at 11:30 p.m. that night as a result of \u201cmultiple gunshot wounds of the torso\u201d and his death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bodycam video released in Meriden police shooting that left two men dead\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v9O8Yhqkum8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, his father died as a result of \u201cblunt force head injuries\u201d and the manner of his death was also ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear if Offiaeli has been put on administrative leave. In Connecticut, it\u2019s common for cops involved in fatal shootings to be put on leave pending the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors were left stunned over the attack in the residential town, situated between New Haven and Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know every minute of every day, but when they were in public they were respectful; they were very social,\u201d neighbor Raymond Prue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/connecticut\/new-haven\/man-accused-of-beating-person-to-death-with-baseball-bat-dies-after-being-shot-by-meriden-police-officer\/\">told WTNH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40065407\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250365.jpg?resize=112,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 112w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250365.jpg?resize=1200,859&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250365.jpg?resize=81,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 81w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250365.jpg?resize=218,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 218w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2026-callers-reporting-suspect-armed-135250365.jpg?resize=50,36&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\"\/><figcaption>Responding cops opened fire at Jenkins III after he refused to drop the bat.  <span class=\"credit\">Meriden police<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kirsten Anderson, who also lives in the neighborhood, claimed Jenkins III previously had violent outbursts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needed help,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yEob_ggyIVo\">told WFSB<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had to have cracked to continue beating when the police were telling him to stop. That\u2019s why police had to shoot.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crazed Connecticut son bludgeoned his father to death with a baseball bat in a vicious broad daylight attack outside their home before police shot him dead, according to horrifying police bodycam footage. Robert Jenkins III, 38, was seen mercilessly clubbing his victim \u2013 who was later identified as his 69-year-old father Robert Jenkins Jr&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/135250538.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}