Crime & Safety
Suidical Man Shot Dead By Officers After Pointing Gun: Police
Police are investigating the Friday night shooting in Massapequa, authorities said.
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MASSAPEQUA, NY — A man was killed by police Friday night in Massapequa.
Officers were responding to a suicidal 19-year-old man at a home on Stone Boulevard. When they arrived, the man, David Clements was standing in front of the home with three handguns, authorities said.
Clements was holding a gun in each hand pointed at his head and he was threatening to kill himself, police said.
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He refused to disarm himself and briefly went back into the house. Clements returned outside as he rushed down the driveway, pointing a weapon at officers.
An officer fatally shot Clements just before 8:30 p.m. to end the threat to them and the public, police said.
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Clements was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police Department Medic. The department said it is continuing the investigation in conjunction with the state attorney general's office.
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