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The year 2020 ended in the Poconos with a teenager shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Police on an Interstate 80 overpass. Numerous protests, press conferences and discussions have since taken place. Here's what reporters at the Pocono Record know so far about the death of Christian Hall. As we learn more, we'll continue to update this page. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020  After about an hour and a half of negotiation, 19-year-old Christian Hall was shot by the Pennsylvania State Police on a highway overpass near the Giant where he worked.   It would later emerge that Hall was having...

Questions about the shooting of Christian Hall by the Pennsylvania State Police have not gone away since the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office ruled the use of force justified.  For activist Treandous "T.C" Cuthbertson, these questions demand answers: Who gave the order to shoot? When did Hall become a threat to the officers? Why did the statement from the Pennsylvania State Police say that Hall pointed his gun at them “when the video evidence disproves that”?  Hall was carrying what turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun when he was shot on a highway overpass o...

2 weeks ago Last week, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office announced it had cleared the officers of wrongdoing. The use of deadly force in this case was justified, according to the DA’s office, because the officers did not know the weapon Hall carried wasn’t lethal, and because he failed to follow officers’ orders. “It’s a testament to the troopers that they didn’t shoot sooner,” said First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso during a press conference. The family and its supporters reject this decision, saying it amounts to blaming the victim. “You have a vi...

The civil lawsuit is against the state troopers involved in Christian Hall's death in December.

Attorneys representing the family of Christian Hall have initiated steps to pursue a civil suit in federal court against Pennsylvania State Police.