JAMESVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Police officers assisting a psychiatric crisis team shot and killed a teenager after he appeared to point a handgun at them, police said.
The 17-year-old was shot Thursday by officers responding to a home near Syracuse.
Sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and officers with the DeWitt police department were assisting a psychiatric mobile crisis outreach team, according to state police, who described the teen as an “uncooperative patient.”
The teen fled on foot and when officers approached him, he raised and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the officers, who fired at him, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The shooting is under investigation. The names of the teen and the officers involved in the shooting have not been made public.
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