PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A man is dead after two officers shot him during a confrontation in Montgomery County Friday night.
According to our newsgathering partners at NCB10, it all unfolded around 9 p.m. after police received a report of a person trying to set cars on fire along Stanbridge Street in Norristown.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man holding a large knife in Elmwood Park.
According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, the man then threatened officers and walked toward them while holding the knife. Officers then fired their guns, striking the man.
The officers tried to render aid, but the man died at the scene. His identity has not yet been released.
An investigation is underway.
