Damon Scott Stern Sr., also known as DJ Nomad, 50, of Reading was shot dead by police officers responding to his home for a call of a suicidal man with a knife in the 400 block of Windsor Street, Reading at 3:37 a.m. on Monday, March 25, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported.
Following an investigation into the shooting, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams ruled that the two officers who shot Stern were “justified,” according to a release on Thursday, April 18.
The officer who fired the shots has been lauded by the DA for not only saving his own life but protecting “the lives of the other officer and the complainant.”
Following the shooting, the police radioed for EMS and provided Stern medical care until they arrived, according to the release. Stern was taken to Tower Health–Reading Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
“No police officers were injured during this incident,” the DA noted.
There has been an outcry of a lack of justice and accountability in the slaying of Stern. His community even held a protest outside the courthouse on April 9.