Police chief says officers were worried about man’s criminal history By Dan Schere |
January 12, 2021
Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka, bottom center, gives an update to the Mayor and City Council on a shooting in which at least one officer fired his weapon at an armed man Friday, killing him.
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This story was updated at 12:33 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2021, to include additional comments from Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka and again at 3:57 p.m. to include a response from Sroka to the Silver Spring Justice Coalition
The Silver Spring Justice Coalition, a local civil rights watchdog group, is demanding more transparency from the city of Gaithersburg after police fatally shot a man on Friday.
Police say man pulled a handgun By Briana Adhikusuma |
January 10, 2021
Gaithersburg police shot and killed a man on Friday, following a chase. Police say the man pulled out a gun.
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This story was updated at 8:51 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2021, to include the name and age of the man who was fatally shot by police.
Four Gaithersburg police officers have been identified as being involved in the fatal shooting on Friday of a man after a chase.
Four plain clothes officers approached the man identified on Saturday as 24-year-old Kwamena Ocran as he was walking in the area of 14. S. Frederick Ave. after receiving a report that he was armed with a handgun.
Officers were investigating report that man was armed, chief says
January 8, 2021 | 7:45 pm
January 9, 2021
Photos by Caitlynn Peetz This story was updated at 8:09 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2021, with more information about the shooting.
Gaithersburg police shot and killed a man after a chase on Friday, according to Police Chief Mark Sroka.
During a press conference following the shooting, Sroka said four plain clothes officers with a Street Crimes Unit were watching the man because of a report that he was armed.
Montgomery County police said in a press release that the officers approached the man as he was walking in the area of 14 S. Frederick Ave.
Maryland police officers shot and killed a man during a foot chase Friday. “Our street crimes unit, which is comprised of plainclothes police officers, had an.