An 18-year-old high school student was fatally shot during a joint operation by the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Pennsylvania on Thursday, officials said on Friday.
Kendric Curtis, 18, was “shot by law enforcement officer(s)” on Thursday at about 6:20 p.m. in Aliquippa, a city of about 9,000 people outside Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said in the synopsis of a death investigation report.
Mr. Curtis was transported to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and died early on Friday, the report said.
It was unclear what had led to the shooting, and details about it were sparse.
“It wasn’t an officer of Aliquippa-involved shooting, it was an A.T.F.-involved shooting,” Dwan Walker, the city’s mayor, told reporters late on Thursday.
“We will have answers,” he said. “We have to be patient enough to hear it out.”
He was not available to comment early on Friday.
When asked about the shooting, the A.T.F. said in a statement emailed on Friday: “The A.T.F. and F.B.I. agents working in a joint investigation were involved in a shooting incident.” A spokesman did not reply to questions about the nature of the operation.
The Pennsylvania State Police, in a statement from Aliquippa, said late on Thursday that they were investigating the shooting. “The A.T.F. is supporting us as needed,” it said.
The A.T.F. said in the statement that its Philadelphia Field Division was providing the support.
An F.B.I. spokesman, citing the investigation, had no comment on Friday when asked about the type of operation officers had been conducting.
Mr. Curtis was a senior at Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School.
In a letter to parents, students and staff, Dr. Philip K. Woods, the superintendent of the Aliquippa School District, called the death of Mr. Curtis a “tremendous loss” within the school community.
In another message, he said that a team would be available at schools on Friday to help after the “tragic incident.”
Christine Hauser is a Times reporter who writes breaking news stories, features and explainers.
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