The circumstances of a fatal Catasauqua police shooting are similar to scenarios that play out across the country with distressing regularity. People suffering mental health crises, sometimes threatening suicide with a deadly weapon, end up in a standoff with police. Are crisis intervention programs the answer?
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Catasauqua police officer justified in fatal February shooting, Lehigh County DA finds
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Police cars line the street as authorities respond to a fatal shooting by a police officer on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at a home in the 100 block of South 14th Street in Catasauqua. The Lehigh County district attorney has found that Officer Joelle Mota was justified in killing 27-year-old Ryan Shirey.Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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A Catasauqua police officer was justified in fatally shooting a 27-year-old borough man who brandished a pistol when police approached in his home’s basement in February, the Lehigh County district attorney announced on Tuesday.
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