State police kill disabled man with gun during search of his Pa. home
Pennsylvania State Police shot and killed Darion Thompson, 26, a deaf man with intellectual disabilities, while serving a search warrant at his home in Washington, Pa. Police said he did not respond to verbal commands to drop a gun.
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State police kill disabled man with gun during search of his Pa. home
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Pennsylvania State Police shot and killed Darion Thompson, 26, a deaf man with intellectual disabilities, while serving a search warrant at his home in Washington, Pa. Police said he did not respond to verbal commands to drop a gun.
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