Oklahoma City police say 5 officers shot knife-wielding man
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January 5, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Five Oklahoma City police officers opened fire on a knife-wielding man, killing him, after he repeatedly refused officers' commands to drop the weapon, police said Monday.
Officers were responding to a separate domestic assault call Sunday night when they encountered Samuel Lanham, 50, carrying a large knife, according to a narrative of the incident released by police.
Lanham repeatedly ignored officers' commands to drop the weapon, and non-lethal devices including stun guns and bean-bag shotgun rounds were ineffective, police said.
All five officers fired their weapons, s...
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