A police officer was justified in using deadly force last year when he shot at a man during a standoff in Manheim Township that ended when the man killed himself,
Following are 18 Lancaster County police-involved shooting incidents since 2008. All were ruled justified by the county district attorneyâs office.
Dec. 8, 2020: Craig Kevin Bush was shot by a police officer responding to a domestic dispute. The bullet left a superficial wound, according to the Lancaster County District Attorneyâs Office. Bush then fatally shot himself during a standoff with police. The shooting by the police officer was ruled justified on Feb. 25, 2021.
Sept. 13, 2020: Ricardo Munoz, 27, was fatally shot by a Lancaster city police officer responding to a domestic dispute. Police body camera footage shows Munoz holding what investigators said was a knife while exiting a home and running toward the officer. The officer then shoots and kills Munoz. Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams ruled the shooting justified the following month.
A police officer was justified in using deadly force last year when he shot at a man during a standoff in Manheim Township that ended when the man killed himself, according to the Lancaster County District Attorneyâs Office.
The officer shot at Craig Kevin Bush â resulting in a superficial wound â when Bush held up a semiautomatic pistol, according to the district attorneyâs office. Bush then fatally shot himself, the office said.
Manheim Township police were dispatched to a residence on Knollwood Drive at 8:08 p.m. Dec. 8, 2020, after a man called 911 in behalf of his sister, who told him her boyfriend was âgoing crazy,â the district attorneyâs office said in a press release.
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