Man slain by officers had made threats, police say

Man slain by officers had made threats, police say
September 12, 2008
A man who was fatally shot Wednesday by Baltimore County police in Eastview had been threatening to kill people with a realistic replica of a rifle, police said yesterday. George James Waters, 26, of the 8000 block of Gough St. might have used firecrackers to simulate gunshots, they said. Walters' girlfriend told police about 4 p.m. Wednesday that he was smashing furniture with a baseball bat and throwing furniture out of windows. When officers arrived, Walters was in an upstairs bedroom and threatened to kill anyone who came near him, police said. Walters began pointing what appeared to be a rifle out of the bedroom window, shouting threats at two officers below. About 5:10 p.m., as he pointed the apparent weapon out of the window, the two officers fired at him. The officers, who were placed on routine administrative leave, were not identified by police.