Police killings
2013-2020

Jerry Steffens

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/9/2018

Pottstown, Montgomery, PA
S York St and E High St

At 11:25 p.m., Pottstown police responded to a wellness check for a suicidal man, police said. Police had been told that the man had posted photos online of himself holding a gun to his head and threatening to harm himself. When police arrived, officers encountered the armed man in the parking lot and confronted him. At that time, he was shot and killed. He apparently had a BB gun.