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Two police officers from Anne Arundel County, executing one of the new "red flag" protection ordinances aimed at removing weapons from a house, killed a man from Ferndale after that. He refused to give up his weapon and a fight broke out early Monday morning, police said.
The man, whose name was not disclosed, opened his door in Block 100 of Linwood Ave. at 5:17, a pistol in his hand, said the sergeant. Jacklyn Davis, spokesperson for Anne Arundel County Police.
He first rested, but then resumed, she said.
"A fight ensued around the gun," Davis said.
During the fight, the shot was fired, but did not hit anyone. At that time, the police shot down the man, she said. No officer was injured, police said.
According to Davis, it is unclear whether anyone else was at home at that time and she did not know who had asked for the protection order against the man.
New protection orders, which allow family members, the police or others to seek to temporarily bar people's access to firearms when they report to persons they represent danger to themselves or others, entered into force on 1
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