Kwamena Ocran died Jan. 8 after being shot by at least one Gaithersburg officer
January 24, 2021 | 8:30 pm
January 25, 2021
More than 100 people gathered outside Gaithersburg City Hall on Sunday afternoon to protest the police killing of Kwamena Ocran.
Photos by Caitlynn Peetz
More than 100 people gathered outside Gaithersburg City Hall on Sunday to protest the recent killing of a Black man by city police.
At the event, speakers again questioned the Gaithersburg Police Department’s recounting of the Jan. 8 shooting that left 24-year-old Kwamena Ocran dead.
Police say four plain clothes officers, part of the department’s Street Crimes Unit, surveilled Ocran after receiving a report that he was armed with a handgun. When they approached him, he allegedly fled.