Jul 29, 2009 6:44 pm US/Eastern
Man Dies In Apparent Police Shooting In Germantown
GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) ―
Montgomery County police have identified a man shot by a county officer.
The shooting happened Wednesday about 3 a.m. in the 12200 block of Eagle's Nest Court in Germantown. Thirty-nine-year-old Eliodoro Hernandez was shot and killed.
Police say two officers went to the apartment complex after someone called 911 about 2:40 a.m. but hung up or was disconnected before speaking to a dispatcher.
Police say Officer Jesse Dickensheets fired his weapon twice; one of the shots caused Hernandez's death.
A BB gun resembling a semiautomatic handgun and an eight-to-10-inch carving knife was found near Hernandez's body, but police said it was unclear whether he had fired the gun.
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