Attorney General's Office releases body cam video of deadly police encounter in Warren County
The Attorney General's Office has released body cam footage of a deadly police encounter in Knowlton Township from Feb. 12.
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The Attorney General's Office has released body cam footage from a fatal police encounter with a Pennsylvania man in Knowlton Township last year.
Officials says the man matched the description of a suspect involved in a shooting.
Calls came into police about an active shooter at a home on Columbia Street in Knowlton Township in Warren County.
Police say on Feb. 12, 2024, 38-year-old Armond Anthony Avitable had been at his friend Kevin Schilling's home for less than an hour when a dispute broke out between Avitable and Mr. and Mrs. Schilling.
They say Avitable got a shotgun and started shooting at the Schillings, who then hid in an upstairs bedroom.
Avitable was said to have followed the two and opened fire.
When police arrived, they found Cheryl Schilling with gunshot wounds. She later died.
Officials say this is when the encounter with Avitable and police began.
Troopers are seen in the video walking toward him, with guns drawn and giving him commands.
Avitable can be seen crawling on the ground before three officers tackle him.
In the almost 15-minute encounter with police, Avitable is seen struggling while police tried to handcuff him.
Officers are heard telling him to calm down and take breath and stop resisting.
Avitable is also heard saying 'Don’t kill me' and 'I can’t breathe,' and finally, an officer is heard saying he’s not moving.
State troopers attempted CPR and Avitable was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead, just before 9 p.m.
