The year 2020 ended in the Poconos with a teenager shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Police on an Interstate 80 overpass. Numerous protests, press conferences and discussions have since taken place.
Here s what reporters at the Pocono Record know so far about the death of Christian Hall. As we learn more, we ll continue to update this page.
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
After about an hour and a half of negotiation, 19-year-old Christian Hall was shot by the Pennsylvania State Police on a highway overpass near the Giant where he worked.
It would later emerge that Hall was having a mental health crisis. He had recently gone through a breakup, and he missed people he couldn’t see due to the pandemic, his family and lawyers have said. He had called 911 anonymously to report a possibly suicidal person.
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