Robert Knox

Deadly force

A 50-year-old paraplegic man, Robert Knox, was fatally shot in bed by two state troopers as police were wrapping up an investigation into drug sales by the Harbeson-area man, police said. As detectives prepared to transport the paraplegic from his medical bed to a wheelchair, Knox reached with his right hand to side table on his left and came up holding a handgun. Two detectives shot and killed Knox, who reportedly had said, "I can't go back to prison."