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West Chester Officer Fatally Shoots Man Who Held Knife to Woman’s Neck

State investigators are handling the case after police released body-camera footage and placed four involved officers on paid administrative leave.

Overview

  • Police responded to a call about a woman screaming at an apartment complex and forced entry to the unit during a welfare check on Thursday night.
  • Body-camera video shown by police captured a man holding a large kitchen knife to the woman’s neck and telling officers not to enter before one officer fired a single shot.
  • Officers and first responders performed CPR but the man, identified by police as 39-year-old Lorenzo Miller, died at the scene and a large kitchen knife was recovered.
  • No officers were injured and the woman was taken to UC Hospital West Chester and has since been released from care.
  • The West Chester Police turned the investigation over to state-level investigators, troopers and the coroner assisted at the scene, and four officers remain on paid administrative leave as the probe continues.