Trooper shot armed man during traffic stop

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) — State police in western Pennsylvania say a trooper shot and killed an armed man during a traffic stop after a reported theft from a mall over the weekend. Police said troopers were called to the Washington County mall at about 6 p.m. Saturday after a reported theft and the suspects’ vehicle was stopped minutes later in Mount Pleasant Township. Police said a passenger refused to leave the vehicle and “brandished a firearm,” and a trooper fired. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The Washington County coroner’s office identified him as 26-year-old Dennis Fonoimoana of Burgettstown. The cause and manner of death are under investigation.


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