Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Trey Bartholomew
Gender : Male
Age : 27
Race : White
Date : 02/09/2021
Location : East Eighth Street and Long Alley
City : Pennsburg
County : Montgomery
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Upper Perk Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On February 9, 2021, around 7 p.m., the Upper Perkiomen Police Department responded to a 911 call from a family member reporting that Trey Bartholomew was in a state of agitation and had left the home carrying a sword. An officer encountered Bartholomew at East Eighth Street and Long Alley. When Bartholomew allegedly threatened the officer with the sword and refused to comply with commands to drop it, the officer shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://6abc.com/sword-wielding-suspect-shot-by-police-terry-bartholomew-montgomery-county-shooting-pennsburg-pa/10325036/
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/officer-shoots-and-kills-man-armed-with-sword-in-pennsburg-police-say/2698926/
