The Allegheny County Police Department is investigating after officers shot and critically injured a man in Wilkins Township on Wednesday afternoon.
County 911 dispatchers received a call shortly after noon reporting a man with a gun at Brentmoor at Penn Center. Authorities said the man had been involved in an altercation with a maintenance worker and threatened the worker with a firearm. According to the criminal complaint, the man was upset because the maintenance worker entered his apartment to do work when he wasn’t home.
“I heard two men going back and forth, and then it started to get more serious. And I heard scuffling,” Maddy McLaughlin said.
Officers from several local police departments responded and encountered the man inside a garage, police said. Officers ordered him to drop the gun, but he refused to comply.
“Officers attempted to negotiate with the man. He was in the garage holding the gun. A Churchill officer attempted to use a less-lethal round to subdue him,” said Allegheny County Police Superintendent Chris Kearns. “The man responded by firing his handgun at the officers.”
Two additional Churchill police officers returned fire, striking the man multiple times, authorities said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was last reported in critical condition. Police later identified the man as 31-year-old Khalil Collier, saying he was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and persons not to possess a firearm, among others.
County police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
The department will review body-camera footage and interview the officers involved. The district attorney’s office will determine if the shooting was justified. The status of the Churchill police officers who shot the man was not immediately known.
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