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Article: Regional Briefing
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 16, 2009
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A 58-year-old man fatally shot by D.C. police Monday has been
identified as a Southeast Washington resident who lived in the area
where the confrontation occurred.
Officers from the 7th District went to the 1700 block of Trenton
Place SE after Robert L. McFarlin Jr. called 911 about 1:15 p.m. and
reported that he had killed his sister, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier
said. McFarlin, who lived on that block, was found in the street
holding several knives, and he did not drop them when warned by
officers, Lanier said.
Lanier said that two of the three officers fired a total of three
rounds, killing McFarlin. Police found his sister, who was not
harmed.
The three officers were placed ...