Montgomery County Officer-Involved Shooting Fatal Investigation: DA

A fatal officer-involved shooting is under investigation in Montco

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has opened an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in Upper Moreland on Sunday.

WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania – Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele has opened an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday in Upper Moreland.

According to the prosecutor, at 11:52 a.m., Upper Moreland County police received a 911 call regarding a domestic disturbance at the Commerce Square Apartments in the Willow Grove neighborhood of Upper Moreland County.

Two officers arrived at the scene and an 83-year-old resident let them inside.

Officers entered the apartment and found a 68-year-old man, also a resident, armed with a pistol.

He is said to have ignored police commands to drop the gun and eventually began to pick it up, at which point police fired, fatally wounding the man.

Montgomery County detectives responded to the scene to investigate.