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Officers shoot and kill a man who pointed a handgun at them, Tampa police say

Sgt. Felicia Pecora and Officer Hope Dauphin found the man in a shed wrestling with a woman over the gun, police said.
 
 
 
Tampa police Sgt. Felicia Pecora, pictured, and Officer Hope Dauphin opened fire Thursday after a man with a gun pointed it at another woman and at Pecora, police said. The man later died in a hospital.
Tampa police Sgt. Felicia Pecora, pictured, and Officer Hope Dauphin opened fire Thursday after a man with a gun pointed it at another woman and at Pecora, police said. The man later died in a hospital. [ Tampa Police Department ]
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