
What to Know
- Authorities say a Pennsylvania state trooper shot and killed a man who refused to drop a knife. Troopers responded to a domestic complaint in West Hanover Township on Halloween.
- Authorities say 59-year-old Glenn Custer of Harrisburg was acting erratically and was armed with a knife. Authorities say Custer disobeyed commands to drop the knife and was moving toward a trooper and toward the residence where the domestic complaint had been made.
- Another trooper opened fire. Custer was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Pennsylvania state trooper shot and killed a man who refused to drop a knife during a confrontation on Halloween, authorities said.
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Troopers had responded to a domestic complaint in West Hanover Township where they said Glenn Custer, 59, of Harrisburg, was acting erratically and was armed with a knife.
Custer disobeyed commands to drop the knife and was moving toward a trooper and toward the residence where the domestic complaint had been made, authorities said. That's when another trooper opened fire.
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Custer was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was injured.
The shooting is under investigation.
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