Lawyer for family of African man killed by Police says Witnesses Dispute Office
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A lawyer representing the family of a
Cameroonian immigrant shot in Silver Spring by a police officer on Aug.
12 said Thursday that witnesses have come forward to dispute the
version of events provided by the police. The lawyer, Gregory Lattimer
of Washington, D.C., refused to detail what the witnesses have
described. Police spokesmen have said their witnesses corroborate the
officer's story: that Peter Ayompeuh Njang threatened Officer Candice
Marchone, a six-year veteran, with a boxcutter, that she fired on him
point blank only after he refused her orders to drop the knife. Latimer
spoke with reporters after high-ranking officials from the county and
the police department met with at least six family members and a
representative from the Cameroon embassy in Rockville. David Weaver, a
spokesman for County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D), said it was
unusual for the county to hold such a meeting before the conclusion of
an official investigation. The shooting, outside the Villa Nova
apartments in Silver Spring, has sparked three protests. [more 
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