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Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Man In Berks County: DA Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Man In Berks County: DA
Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Man In Berks County: DA A knife-wielding man was shot by police Wednesday, March 30 in Berks County, authorities said. Brecknock Township police responded to a 911 call of a man suffering from a mental health crisis in Mohnton around 7:45 a.m., Chief County Detective Michael J. Gombar said. Officers found the unnamed 66-year-old man "holding a large knife" on Butlers Lane, they said. He didn't listen when an officer told him to drop the knife and lunged at them, police said. The officer then used a taser device to try to stop the man, but it didn't work, so they shot him, Gombar said. The bullet struck the…

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