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Officer Justified In Shooting Gunman During Standoff Says Lancaster DA Officer Justified In Shooting Gunman During Standoff Says Lancaster DA
Officer Justified In Shooting Gunman During Standoff Says Lancaster DA The police officer who shot at a man during a standoff in West Hempfield Township was ruled as “justified in discharging his weapon,” by Lancaster County District Attorney. The standoff started after a woman called 911 reporting when she woke up, a man was standing next to her with a rifle in one hand and a handgun in another on Jan. 3 at 11:45 a.m.according to the DA's release. The woman told dispatchers that the man then loaded the rifle and pointed it at her and had made threats to harm himself. West Hempfield officers came to the home on Goldfinch Drive, Columbia and spoke with the wom…

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