[PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLEIMAGES.]A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY CONFRONTED POLICE WITH KNIVES WAS FATALLY SHOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES A 911 CALL WAS PLACED AROUND 1:15 PM IN WHICH THE VICTIM TOLD OPERATORS HE HAD JUST KILLED HIS SISTER. OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION, THE 1700 BLOCK OF TRENTON PLACE, S.E., AND FOUND THE MAN IN THE STREET HOLDING WHAT THEY CALL SEVERAL KNIVES.
POLICE SAY THEY WARNED THE MAN SEVERAL TIMES TO DROP THE KNIVES AND AFTER NOT COOPERATING, TWO OF THE THREE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE FIRED THREE ROUNDS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN'S SISTER WAS LATER LOCATED AND FOUND UNHARMED.
AS APART OF STANDARD PROCEDURE, THE THREE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
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