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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

PA State Police Rule Shooting of Columbia Man Justified

More than six months after a Pennsylvania state trooper shot Daryl Berry on the turnpike, state police ruled the shooting justified.

  Pennsylvania State police determined that a trooper used the appropriate level of force when he shot and killed a Columbia man in March, according to a state police spokesman. Corporal Richard Dean told Patch on Thursday that  state police had closed the case and found that Trooper Marshall Kephart was facing an attack when he shot and killed Daryl Berry on March 6.  The shooting occurred on the turnpike in Brush Creek Township in south-central Pennsylvania. Dean said that the Fulton County District Attorney's office, which also investigated the shooting, agreed with the state police's findings.  Fulton County DA Travis Kendall did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. Dean said the report of the police's internal investigation…

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