that's the question tonight after another police officer shot a man in pring george's county this weekend -- prince george's county this weekend. officer michael owens junior shot and killed rodney edwards saturday night in land over. owens was in uniform and returning from a toy give away in an unmarked van when he saw the 35-year-old lying in the grass. now, assistant chief kevin davis says that man turned out to be armed with a pistol and pointed it at owens. >> this police officer saw someone who was minimally in his opinion in need of some type of attention. so he stopped. he stopped to help him. and from that, he was encountered by an arm gun. i would argue that that police officer had no idea whatsoever that he was going to be confronted by a person with a gun. >> edwards does have a criminal history that includes drugs and weapons charges, but his family complains the shooting was senseless. the officer is on administrative leave while an internal investigation is completed. >>> outrage tonight over the treatment -- the alleged treatment of young black men in dc. dozens have recei