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Bucks 20-Year-Old Pointed Fake Gun At Cops Before They Shot Him, DA Claims
The shooting of a 20-year-old man by Falls Township police nearly two months ago was a "justified" use of force, says the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. On March 28, DA Matthew Weintraub said his office was investigating an "officer-involved shooting" during an early morning traffic stop in Levittown. A driver was accused of pointing a gun at police twice before allegedly "fleeing from police in his vehicle," prosecutors said at the time. Now, in a statement from First Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Schorn, the DA's Office said the policemen acted in accorda…
Police & Fire
20-Year-Old Hershey Man Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Police
A 20-year-old man from Hershey has died in a three-vehicle crash in Rapho Township, police say. The crash happened on state route 283 at mile marker 22.2 on Oct. 29 around 10:50 p.m., Manheim Borough police detailed in a release on Monday, Oct. 31. A preliminary investigation has determined that the 20-year-old was driving behind a vehicle driven by a 43-year-old male from Lititz heading east on 283 when the younger man attempted to pass. He was trying to get into the westbound lane, but somehow he hit the Lititz's man's vehicle—causing his vehicle to spin into the median and then on-…