A police officer shot and killed a man in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, after officials said he ran toward officers while wielding a large knife.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced in a news release that the incident occurred on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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WATCH HEREAccording to officials, at 7:34 p.m., Ambler Police responded to Forrest Avenue and School Street after receiving a report of a suspicious person.
Officials said that responding officers found a man, identified as Robert Aguilar Cholula, 43, of Ambler, wielding a large butcher-style knife.
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SIGN UP Officers asked Cholula to drop the knife, but he did not comply, according to officials. Cholula ran towards the officers, and one officer fired his taser.
The taser did not stop Cholula, and then another officer fired one gunshot, striking him, officials said.
Officials said Cholula was transported to the hospital where he later died.
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Montgomery County Detectives responded to the scene and are conducting an investigation into the shooting, according to officials.
Cholula's family told NBC10 that he was a loving father.
Neighbors said that they witnessed the entire incident unfold from their front porches and windows as the quiet night was disrupted by shouting and the gunshot.
"He was coming towards them, like, you know, with the knife," one neighbor said. "The police officers were over there, and they kept saying, ‘sir, put it down. Put it down. Put it down. Put it down.' They gave him several times.”
Officials haven’t offered any information about a potential motive
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