Deputy Shoots Uncompliant Man With Gun To His Head
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August 13,2023
man is dead after an Adams County Sheriff’s deputy opened fire at a motel early Friday morning.
The shooting happened at the Lakeside Motel at 6251 Federal Boulevard just after midnight, deputies said in a news release Friday.
Preliminary information from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office indicated that the deputy opened fire when an adult male displayed a handgun as a deputy attempted to contact him.
The sheriff’s deputy was uninjured.
The man was treated at the scene and then taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.