Dan Egitto is the managing editor at ARLnow. Originally from Central Florida, he graduated from Duke University and previously reported at the Palatka Daily News in Florida and the Vallejo Times-Herald in California. Dan joined ARLnow in January 2024.
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Overly aggressive tactics combined with an apparent lack of mental health responders may, according to policing experts, have contributed to a standoff on Columbia Pike escalating into a fatal officer-involved shooting.
In interviews with ARLnow, two public safety experts questioned a series of decisions leading up to officers’ final confrontation with 33-year-old Shawn Valn, who was armed with a knife and had barricaded himself in a back room of a convenience store on May 8.
