SWAT Storms Hackensack Apartment, Seizes Unregistered Guns After Attack With Child Inside: Cops

The incident happened around 8:39 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at an apartment building in Hackensack, according to Hackensack Police Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt.

The victim was found outside with a small laceration to the neck and told officers that Kevin M. Lovett, 50, threatened to kill them with a knife, the captain said. Officers also learned that Lovett and the child were still inside the apartment and that a gun was present.

When officers tried to make contact, Lovett refused to open the door, police said. Because of the violent assault and the presence of a child and firearm, Bergen County Regional SWAT and a Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance were called to the scene…

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