Officers Shoot, Kill Man After He Pointed Gun At Officers In Plymouth Township, Stabbed Mother: Police
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CBS/AP) -- An investigation is underway after a fatal police-involved shooting in Montgomery County. Officers were called to Plymouth Garden Apartments in Plymouth Township at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of an armed subject.
When officers arrived, they found a 22-year-old man armed with a handgun and a woman outside suffering from multiple stab wounds. The man reportedly did not comply with officers' commands and was shot when he pointed the gun at them.
He was transported to an area hospital where he later died.
Police say the woman suffering from stab wounds was the man's mother. She was taken to a local hospital and placed in stable condition.
County detectives were called to investigate, as is the protocol in officer-involved shootings, authorities said.
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