A shocking discovery was made at a home in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Monday night following a deadly police shooting.

Three bodies were found inside a residence on River Road in Piscataway at around 5:30 p.m., the state Attorney General's Office said.

The New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Police Benevolent Association said on social media it was a "horrific crime."

What we know

Following a 911 call, officials say Piscataway police officers responded to the home and encountered a man with a knife and fatally shot him. Officials say when the officers then went inside the home they found three people dead.

CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo spoke with a resident who lives nearby who said she heard "three or four" gunshots ring out.

"I didn't think it was going to go that far, but you could tell that they came to try to stop him," the resident said. "Just like a nice, normal family ... It's, like, a weird situation to be in, because you're in your home where you're supposed to be safe. And they're in their home where you are supposed to be safe." 

Police have not released the name of the suspect, the officers involved, or the identities of the victims found dead inside the home. Investigators are still trying to piece together the gruesome scene.

The Middlesex Count Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths inside the home, while the attorney general's office is handling the officer-involved shooting. 

Please stay with CBS News New York for more on this developing story.