Young African Man Shot Dead by Police. Family Suspect Foul Play
/Peter Ayompe Njang, our beloved brother, came to
the U.S. on May 14, 2004 after winning the diversity visa lottery.
While waiting for his sister one night in front of her house, a police
officer stopped and asked Peter to leave the area. Peter explained to
the police that his sister lives there and he was just trying to see
why she was not answering the door. She then shot him. The Montgomery
County Police investigator told the family that Peter was armed with a
box cutter. Peter who was just 87 days old in the U.S. does not carry a
weapon around with him. As a matter of fact` it is not our custom as
Cameroonians to move around with weapons or armed. The investigator
told the family that the police officer did her best to stop Peter from
attacking her. Peter was shot on the lower breast. He was airlifted to
Children`s Hospital in DC and was pronounced dead hours later. [more 
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