Investigation Continues Into Fatal Police Shooting

July 26, 2022 3:11 am

MONONGAHELA, Pa. — The Washington County Coroner’s office has released the identity of a man shot and killed by police Sunday night in Monongahela.  The victim identified as 29 year old Cody Bennett of Monongahela.  A cause and manner of death are still pending investigation.  According to the coroner’s office,  police responded to a report of a man firing shots in the area of the one-thousand block of Lincoln Street just after 9 p.m.  State Police are handling the investigation.  They say Bennett was at a house party not far from his home but was asked to leave.  Police say he went to his home, got a gun and went back, firing shots into the air and at the house.  When officers arrived, police say Bennett began shooting at their car.  Police instructed the man to drop the gun and he did not.   Bennett was then shot by police.  He was transported to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.  (Photo:  WPXI)