Stamford police remain tight-lipped on decomposed body found in explosives-filled home after standoff
News 12 observed the message, "10-31-25 is your last day!" written on a door to one room.
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At the direction of the State’s Attorney’s Office, Stamford police are not releasing further information yet on the decomposed body they said they found in an explosives-filled home after an hourslong standoff and shootout Tuesday.
On Friday, 263 Oaklawn Ave. had been boarded up by the state. The house was ripped open by tactical vehicles during the incident so law enforcement could gain entry. Drones sent in found Jed Parkington, 63, was dead. An autopsy confirmed it was suicide.
Parkington doesn’t appear to have been active online. He graduated from Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk in 1981. News 12 found his senior yearbook, which listed future plans to join the U.S. Marines, but a police source said Parkington never served in the military.
He did, however, appear to have an interest in Nazi ideology at the time of his death. News 12 observed a Nazi flag hanging on one wall and the slogan "Kapitulieren nein!" written on another. The phrase, which was used by Nazis during World War II translates to, “no surrender!” That was a fraction of the paraphernalia and propaganda found throughout the home, according to a source.
Police said the home was also booby-trapped with grenades, pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails. Parkington and his wife were the only ones known to be living there at the time, according to police, but the couple had rented out rooms for years. News 12 observed the message, "10-31-25 is your last day!" written on a door to one room.
Chaos erupted there Tuesday morning after a state marshal arrived to evict Parkington and his wife. Court records show they bought the home in 2005, but in 2018, the bank began foreclosure proceedings after the couple missed mortgage payments. The yearslong process ended with a judge awarding the home to the bank.
While fighting eviction, Parkington wrote a letter saying he suffered from brain cancer and long COVID. The letter also criticized his lawyers and banks. On Monday—one day before the final eviction date—Parkington’s wife made a last-minute plea to the judge to delay the eviction. She wrote about financial hardship and health issues that she and her husband had dealt with over the past decade. The letter noted she dealt with diabetes, depression and memory loss.
Police said Parkington made his wife get out of the house before barricading himself inside. Just before noon, he opened fire on two armored vehicles with an AK-47, according to police. They said over the course of the afternoon, officers and Parkington exchanged multiple rounds of gunfire. Pictures show one of the vehicles riddled with dents, its windshield repeatedly pierced.
While police are handling the decomposed body case, the Office of the Inspector General is investigating the standoff and shooting. Body camera footage is expected to be released by the office in the coming days.
PRIOR COVERAGE: Nazi flag, propaganda found inside Stamford home at center of standoff and shootout with police
Decomposed body found in Stamford shootout suspect's home
