Police justified in fatal shooting in Pottstown, Montgomery County DA says

Authorities in Montgomery County say police were justified in their use of force when a man was shot and killed by officers last month.

Investigators say 25-year-old Andrew Ecker was shot and killed on April 6 after crashing his car, and firing shots at police, before barricading himself inside a home on Winding Road in Pottstown .

The incident began at around 5:06 p.m., when Pottstown police responded to a single-vehicle crash at Beech and North Mount Vernon streets…

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