Alan Weber, 54, was wielding swords when officers responded to a 911 call, police say Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New York Times, The ...

A man wearing a fencing mask and holding two swords was shot and killed by officers inside his Long Island, New York, home, according to police. Officers were called to a house on Mander Lane in East ...

On Tuesday, Suffolk County police fatally shot Alan Weber who charged at the officers with 2 swords at his home in Long Island. Alan Weber, 54, was a former elite fencer whose team won a silver medal ...

A New York man killed after police said he came at them with swords in his hands was a former elite fencer who won a medal for the United States at the Pan American Games in 1995. The state attorney ...