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Officials identify sword-wielding man fatally shot by police in Pennsburg
PENNSBURG, Pa. - Authorities are investigating the police shooting death of a man who allegedly charged at an officer with a large sword Tuesday night in Montgomery County. Officers from the Upper Perk Police Department were called to the area 8th Street and Long Alley for reports of a man threatening others with a sword, according to the district attorney's office. According to an initial investigation, a responding officer found 27-year-old Trey Bartholomew wielding a "samurai-type sword" on Long Alley.