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April 15, 2021

Maryland State Trooper Shoots Dead 16-Year-Old with Airsoft Pellet Gun
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In Maryland, 16-year-old Peyton Alexander Ham died Tuesday after he was
fatally shot by a state trooper in St. Mary's County. Few details of
Ham's killing have emerged, but police cited a witness who said Ham
appeared to be pointing a gun toward a trooper, who then shot and
wounded him. Another witness told investigators the boy then got up,
pulled out a knife and was shot a second time by the trooper. Police
released photos of an airsoft plastic pellet gun and a small knife
recovered from the scene.


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