The man who ambushed and shot two Pennsylvania state troopers responding to a domestic dispute on Thursday has died, officials said.
According to State Police Col. Christoper Paris, the ambush took place after the troopers responded to a Susquehanna County home where a woman said she was involved in a domestic dispute. A man exchanged gunfire with the state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins shortly after 11 a.m. with the location being noted as along Route 171 near the village of Thompson (about 163 miles north of Philadelphia). Paris said the troopers “were dispatched to check the welfare of an individual. And there was additional information about shots being fired. We will have more information about the specifics of how that call came in. But upon their arrival, they were immediately fired upon and ambushed. They are very lucky to be alive.”
One trooper was shot in the chest and the back and needed surgery, per officials said, and another trooper was shot in the arm. One trooper applied a tourniquet to another and a third trooper was able to help rescue them, Paris said. The troopers are said to be in stable condition with serious injuries.
The suspect fled the scene and barricaded himself in a nearby barn, with tactical teams responding and shooting and killing him, per officials. This incident is being treated as being criminal in nature and not a direct targeted attack on law enforcement.
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