Gunman kills three officers during domestic call in rural Pennsylvania
Police are investigating after three officers were killed and two more were injured in a shooting in Pennsylvania.
The violence erupted in rural York County, in the southern part of the state, as officers pursued a domestic-related investigation that began on Tuesday. Police killed the attacker.
Hours after the incident, community members held American flags and saluted as police and emergency vehicles formed a procession to the coroner’s office.
Governor Josh Shapiro condemned the violence at a news conference, stating it was a tragic loss of life.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi described the violence against police as "a scourge on our society."
It was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century.
In 2009, three Pittsburgh officers responding to a domestic disturbance were ambushed and shot to death by a man wearing a bulletproof vest.
Police departments across the region expressed their condolences on social media, and people left flowers at the headquarters of the Northern York Regional Police Department.
The investigation into the shooting on Wednesday will cover multiple locations in York County, state police said in a statement.
The shooting occurred in an area of North Codorus Township, about 115 miles west of Philadelphia, near the Maryland border, authorities said.
Dirk Anderson reported hearing "quite a few" shots from his home across the street from the shooting. He saw a helicopter and police arrive.
The emergency response took place on a rural road in south-central Pennsylvania. Approximately 30 police vehicles blocked off roads lined with a barn, a goat farm, and soybean and corn fields.
The two injured officers were in critical but stable conditions at York Hospital, authorities said.
Authorities did not identify the attacker, the officers, or their department affiliations, nor did they describe how they were shot, citing the ongoing investigation.
Another officer in the area was killed in February when a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered a hospital’s intensive care unit, taking staff members hostage, before a shootout left both the man and an officer dead.
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