Post by Shuftin on Oct 28, 2006 18:00:24 GMT -5
October 27, 2006
PITTSBURGH -- Police shot and killed a man Thursday afternoon in north Sewickley Township in Beaver County.
State police said that when officers arrived, Pete Forsman, 48, was threatening to kill himself outside a house on Foster Road.
They found him with a handgun in a small out building.
Officers said Forsman refused orders to drop the gun and pointed it an officer from the Franklin Township Police Department.
The officer fired, hitting Foresman multiple times. He died at the scene.
The officer is on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.
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PITTSBURGH -- Police shot and killed a man Thursday afternoon in north Sewickley Township in Beaver County.
State police said that when officers arrived, Pete Forsman, 48, was threatening to kill himself outside a house on Foster Road.
They found him with a handgun in a small out building.
Officers said Forsman refused orders to drop the gun and pointed it an officer from the Franklin Township Police Department.
The officer fired, hitting Foresman multiple times. He died at the scene.
The officer is on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.
www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/10173077/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news