Christopher Charles Burroughs

Deadly force

Sgt. Matthew Rhyndress and officers Sara Petrucha and Michael Wasilewski responded shortly after 5 p.m. to a reported assault on Christopher Charles Burroughs' girlfriend, who had run from the home to a neighbors'. The officers set up a perimeter around Burroughs' house and called for backup. Police said Burroughs exited a door near the back of the house carrying a four-foot sword and walked down a handicap-accessible ramp toward Petrucha and Rhyndress while telling them to shoot him. Rhyndress shot Burroughs in his back right shoulder, but he reportedly kept advancing. Rhyndress shot Burroughs twice in the head, and he collapsed. Burroughs died the next day at a hospital without regaining consciousness.