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| Officer fatally shoots handcuffed suspect during apparent struggle, Pr. George’s police say | |
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| A Prince George’s County police officer shot and killed a handcuffed suspect during an apparent struggle inside a police cruiser on Monday night in the Temple Hills area, police said. | A Prince George’s County police officer shot and killed a handcuffed suspect during an apparent struggle inside a police cruiser on Monday night in the Temple Hills area, police said. |
| The shooting happened after 8 p.m. on Winston Street near the intersection with St. Barnabas Road. | |
| Police said officers had gone to the scene after receiving a 911 call about a motorist who had struck several vehicles, beginning in the Silver Hill area. | |
| A man was taken into custody and placed in a cruiser, said Cpl. Kyndle Johnson, a police spokeswoman. | |
| Johnson said police thought the suspect may have been under the influence of PCP and were waiting for a drug recognition officer to reach the scene. PCP is a hallucinogenic that has been associated with violent behavior. | Johnson said police thought the suspect may have been under the influence of PCP and were waiting for a drug recognition officer to reach the scene. PCP is a hallucinogenic that has been associated with violent behavior. |
| At some point, she said, a struggle broke out inside the cruiser and the suspect was shot. | At some point, she said, a struggle broke out inside the cruiser and the suspect was shot. |
| “Witnesses saw a struggle inside the vehicle,” Johnson said, “and heard multiple bangs.” | “Witnesses saw a struggle inside the vehicle,” Johnson said, “and heard multiple bangs.” |
| The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he died. His identity has not yet been released. | |
| Christina Cotterman, a police spokeswoman who briefed reporters at the scene, said police expect to conduct a long, detailed investigation into what happened inside the cruiser. As of Monday night, she said, they were at the “very beginning.” | |
| The officer involved was placed on administrative leave, as is routine in such matters, Cotterman said. | |
| Cotterman said the officer was in the driver’s seat of the cruiser and the suspect in the front passenger seat. That conforms with department policy, she said. | |
| The incident was not caught on a body camera, Cotterman said. Police are looking to see if there were any other cameras in the area. | |
| The site of the shooting is a two-block residential street of single-family homes. | The site of the shooting is a two-block residential street of single-family homes. |
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