Authorities say three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police. Gov.

Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.

The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic-related investigation that began the previous day.

It was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    18 hours ago

    Here’s some more info …

    According to CNN, the shooter is allegedly the ex-boyfriend of a woman who lived in the farmhouse on Haar Road where Wednesday’s incident occurred.

    On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the woman reportedly observed the shooter stalking the house in a cornfield close by, and notified authorities.

    The woman allegedly reported the incident to the Northern York County Regional Police Department to obtain an arrest warrant and a restraining order.

    Officials attempted to serve the shooter with the warrant on Tuesday night but were unable to find him, law enforcement said.

    Officers with the NYCRPD returned to the house to do a follow-up visit on Wednesday, which was when the shooter opened fire from a nearby cornfield. Three officers from the NYCRPD were killed.

    The shooter then allegedly began moving toward the house where he exchanged gunfire with three York County Sheriff’s. Two of the York County Sheriffs were struck and injured, but one returned fire and killed the shooter, according to officials.

    https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/what-we-know-about-shooter-who-reportedly-shot-five-police-officers-in-york-county/521-188e2f42-82ec-4ae6-896b-b41ae8b7f124

    • pageflight@piefed.socialEnglish
      15·
      17 hours ago

      Thanks. Sounds to me like a person who reasonable gun control laws would have prevented from gun ownership.

      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
        3·
        13 hours ago

        Also, I bet there was earlier domestic abuse here that nobody took as seriously as they should have

        e; actually, I retract that bet because I have no idea what happened in this specific situation and shouldn’t speak so casually about it. I will say in general domestic abuse gets overlooked until someone’s dead far too often and then it can turn mass shooter or family annihilator very quickly.