A 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said.
A Maryland state trooper is under investigation after he fatally shot a 16-year-old boy who was pointing an airsoft gun at him in a residential driveway Tuesday, police said.
Maryland state trooper fatally shoots 16-year-old after responding to reports of an armed man
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Maryland State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting in Leonardtown that ended in the death of a 16-year-old.
Just before 1:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, police received two separate 911 calls about a man acting suspicious while holding what looked like a gun, police said in a statement Tuesday night.
A uniformed Maryland state trooper then arrived at the scene and confronted a male teenager, who has now been identified as Peyton Ham. The teen was was armed with what looked like a gun and a knife, police said.
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