Police Fatally Shoot Perryopolis Man During Welfare Check

Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPERRYOPOLIS (KDKA) — State police fatally shot a man who was threatening to harm himself and refused to put down his weapon at his Perryopolis home Friday night.
Perryopolis Police were sent to a home on Constitution Street to check on the welfare of 47-year-old Garrett Hoose.
Police say Hoose was sending text messages to his family threatening to harm himself.
“[He was] having some mental problems, and his wife was trying to get him in the hospital,