Wednesday, March 18, 2009
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — An off-duty Sharon police officer was threatened at a city playground by a teenager who pointed a gun at the officer’s head, city police report.
Officer Vincent Martwinski told New Castle police that Jamal Murphy, 18, drew the gun on him around 2:05 p.m. Tuesday at the Park Avenue playground.
Martwinski had gone to the playground after getting a cell phone call from his stepson about being in trouble with a group of teenagers there, said New Castle Police Chief Tom Sansone.
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