Danata’e Franklin

Deadly force

Police were called to a gas station, where a witness reported an argument and said the man was brandishing a handgun, police. When police arrived, the woman told officers the man had assaulted her. The man ran. Two police officers pursued, one on foot and another in a other. As the officers neared, the man dropped a handgun on the ground. When he allegedly picked it up and pointed it at the officers, both officers shot and killed him.