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A state trooper shot and killed a 16-year-old armed with a knife and airsoft gun, Maryland authorities say
A 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said.
The shooting is the latest incident of police killing or wounding teenagers who were found with or near nonlethal firearms, including recent cases in Arizona, California and Oklahoma. It also comes as police use of force is again under scrutiny following the shooting deaths in the past month of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minnesota.
A 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said.
Maryland State Police briefing from Leonardtown Barrack regarding the trooper involved shooting incident in Leonardtown this afternoon.
LEONARDTOWN, Maryland- A 16-year-old, armed with a replica toy gun and a knife, was shot and killed by a Maryland State Trooper on Tuesday, CNN reports.
The trooper was responding to a Tuesday afternoon 911 emergency call regarding a guy acting suspicious who the callers thought had a gun, said Col. Woodrow Jones, the state police secretary.
When the trooper made their way to the location, they came across 16-year-old Peyton Ham of Leonardtown, standing in the driveway of a home.
According to authorities, Ham pointed the Airsoft gun he was holding, at the officer .
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