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William Oneill

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : White

Date : 11/29/2023

Location : 100 block of Hershey Avenue

City : Lancaster City

County : Lancaster

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Lancaster PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed during "man with a gun" call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

William Oneill suffered some sort of mental health crisis, declared that he was “going to war” and had an AR-15 on his back porch. Police allege he fired toward them. They shot and killed him. He died several weeks later on Jan 3, 2023 from his injuries.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.abc27.com/local-news/lancaster/da-rules-officers-in-lancaster-police-shooting-were-justified/