Harford deputy fatally shoots knife-wielding man
A Bel Air man died after being shot Saturday by a Harford County deputy who was responding to a domestic dispute, a police spokeswoman said. Lt. Christina Presberry said the Harford County Sheriff's Department received a call about noon for a domestic argument in the 1000 block of Elliott Drive in Bel Air. The suspect, a 23-year-old man, threatened a responding police officer with a knife. The officer felt his life was threatened and fired at the suspect, police said. The suspect was taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where he died Saturday afternoon. The officer, who has served in the sheriff's office for five years, was not injured. Police declined to identify the officer or the suspect.
- Jacques Kelly
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