SILVER SPRING, Md. — A man is dead after being shot by police Wednesday night in Silver Spring.
It all started around 11:40pm when officers were called for an armed man assaulting his mother inside an apartment on Hampton Point Drive.
Gunshots were reportedly heard coming from the unit, prompting a hostage barricade to be declared and the Montgomery County Police SWAT team to respond.
After more than two hours of negotiations, SWAT decided to enter the apartment leading to a deadly encounter with the suspect, 28-year-old Bishop Jones-Daniel.
A gun was recovered from the scene. Daniel's mother was treated at a local hospital and later released.
The officer who fired is Edward Cochran, a 14-year veteran of the department.
The Maryland Attorney General's Office is handling the investigation.
