The Bucks County District Attorney's Office is providing the following update regarding the Bensalem Township officer-involved shooting that occurred on Saturday, August 2, 2025.

John Thomas Mathis, 44, was released from Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and has been formally arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Terrence Hughes on charges stemming from a separate road rage incident in Bristol Township on July 27. The Bristol Township Police Department had an active arrest warrant for Mathis in connection with that incident, which involved collisions and the use of a baseball bat to smash a car's windshield.

Mathis was remanded to Bucks County Correctional Facility with bail set at $1 million, 10 percent. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Aug. 19.

Additionally, Mathis is being held on his numerous other outstanding court matters, for which bench warrants had been issued.

The investigation into the August 2 officer-involved shooting in Bensalem Township, and the criminal investigation into the events that led up to the shooting, remains ongoing. That day, Mathis engaged in a series of aggressive driving maneuvers and brandished a firearm at a motorist, which later led to the confrontation with a Bensalem police officer. The appropriate charges are expected to be filed at the conclusion of the investigation.

No further information will be released at this time.

Media Contact: Manuel Gamiz Jr., 215.348.6298, mgamiz@buckscounty.org.

Criminal charges are allegations subject to proof in court. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.