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Thirty-six-year-old Kevin Allen allegedly brandished a knife and charged at police during an altercation that led to his fatal shooting at a public library that took place in broad daylight in front of students who were there to study, according to The Guardian.
Lyndhurst, N.J., Police Chief James O’Connor announced Saturday at a late-night news conference that Allen was wanted for violating probation terms of a work-release program and that an officer recognized him as he entered the Lyndhurst Public Library around 1.30 p.m. on Friday, the report says.
The officer then confronted Allen on the third floor of the building, where Allen is said to have resisted arrest by struggling with the police officer, O’Connor said. Police said Allen then pulled a knife when a second officer arrived and “charged” at the pair, writes the news site.
“He brandished the knife,” O’Connor told reporters, after the officers had “just prior” tried to use pepper spray and their batons. “Mr Allen still went after them aggressively and left them no choice but to deploy deadly force.
“There was nothing else they could have done,” he said, reports the news outlet.
Source: The Root | LYNETTE HOLLOWAY
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