A man is dead after a shooting involving law enforcement in Maryland’s Montgomery County.
The incident happened at the Montgomery Village Crossing Shopping Center on Lost Knife Road in Gaithersburg.
Officers responded shortly before 7 p.m. after a caller reported a man at a bus stop who was displaying and loading a gun.
Montgomery County Police Capt. Cody Fields that once officers arrived at the scene, they identified the man and worked to clear the crowded parking lot of the shopping plaza. Officers attempted multiple de-escalation methods for “a series of minutes” with the man, Fields said.
“As they approached the suspect, the suspect took actions that forced the officers to discharge their service weapons, fatally wounding and killing the man involved,” Fields said, adding that it is unclear what actions the man displayed that led to the shooting.
No officers or bystanders were injured in the incident.
A handgun was recovered at the scene.
Several officers from the Montgomery County police and the Gaithersburg City Department of Police fired at the suspect, Fields said, but how many and their identities were not revealed. They will be placed on administrative leave.
The shooting investigation has been turned over to the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.
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