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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. Screen capture via Youtube 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. File photo 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. ....
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) One or more officers in plainclothes opened fire on an armed suspect in the Maryland city of Gaithersburg on Friday afternoon and the man died at the scene, police said.. ....