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Joseph Frederick Briggs
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Gender
Male
Age
22 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
02/14/2009
Location
426 Concord Ave. Greensburg PA 15601 Westmoreland
Cause of Death
Deadly force
After a visit to a strip club and being the subject of a pre-dawn "man with a gun" call at his residence, criminal-justice major Briggs barricaded himself inside his house and began a three-hour armed standoff with police. He expended 58 shotgun rounds during the siege. A police trooper fatally shot him once in the neck.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Pennsylvania State Police
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National Anthem
United States