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LANCASTER, Pa. - A woman who was among a dozen people arrested during civil disorder that followed a fatal police shooting in September 2020 has been sentenced to 18 months on probation.Kathryn Patterson, 23, was also fined and ordered to do 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty Thursday to charges related to failing to leave the area when ordered during the Lancaster demonstrations.Prosecutors and defense attorneys acknowledged that Patterson, a Franklin & Marshal College student at the time, wasn’t among those who threw rocks and frozen water bottles at police during the protest around police headquarters in September 2020, LNP reported. She told the judge in a faltering voice that "I have a heart for justice and in the last 2 1/2 years I have really tried to show that." Her attorney said she had no idea the protests would turn violent.RELATED COVERAGE:Patterson pleaded guilty to failure to disperse, obstructing highways, disorderly conduct and trespassing.

LANCASTER, Pa. - A police officer acted appropriately last month in shooting to death a Lancaster man who was wielding a knife at the officer and chasing him after his sister called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said there will not be criminal charges for the Sept. 13 death of Ricardo Munoz, whose shooting outside his home in the city was captured on police body camera footage that was previously released to the public.Munoz, 27, who was on bail at the time, awaiting trial on charges he stabbed four people last year, was seen on the video brandishing the knife at an unnamed officer.

LANCASTER, Pa. - Police deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call.Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster following the shooting death of Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon.

LANCASTER, Pa. - Police deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call.Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster following the shooting death of Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon.

LANCASTER, Pa. - Police deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call.Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster following the shooting death of Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon.

LANCASTER, Pa. - Officials are investigating after a man was shot and killed by police Sunday afternoon in Lancaster.Police say 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz was fatally shot by an officer who was responding to a domestic disturbance call on the 300 block of Laurel Street around 4 p.m.The Lancaster County District Attorney's office will lead an investigation into the shooting. According to the office, body camera footage shows Munoz emerge from the inside of the house and run towards the officer when he arrived at the residence.Officials said Munoz was brandishing a knife above his head “in clear view” and “in a threatening manner” when the officer fired at him.