Prince George’s Police Officer Kills Man Who Allegedly Tried To Fire Replica Guns At Him Friday In Oxon Hill

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OXON HILL, Md. (WJZ) — A Prince George’s County Police Officer changeable and killed a 29-year-old antheral Friday successful Oxon Hill aft the antheral allegedly pointed and tried to occurrence 2 replica guns astatine the officer, Prince George’s County Police said Saturday.

The officer, whom constabulary did not place owed to the continuing investigation, tried to get Cedric Williams to permission an flat analyzable successful the 1100 artifact of Owens Road astatine astir 12:45 p.m., constabulary said. An worker of the analyzable told constabulary Williams was banned from the property.

Williams, who did not person a fixed address, did not comply with the officer’s orders to leave, and a verbal confrontation betwixt them became carnal extracurricular the building, earlier continuing to the road.

During the struggle, Williams pulled what appeared to beryllium a handgun from a publication container and tried to occurrence it, constabulary said. When the limb did not fire, Williams tossed it into the woods. Police aboriginal determined it was a replica gun.

The serviceman utilized his Taser doubly to tried to spot Williams nether arrest, but the Taser was not effective, constabulary said.

Williams retrieved what appeared to beryllium an AR-15-style firearm from the woods and pointed it astatine the officer, constabulary said. The serviceman past changeable Williams respective times and killed him.

Police besides determined aboriginal the firearm was a replica.

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The serviceman joined the section successful 2009. He is assigned to the Bureau of Patrol. As is modular procedure, helium is present connected administrative permission pending the result of the investigation. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office reviews each officer-involved shootings.