- Police served search quarantines when the shot broke out.
- Police shot and killed gunman; His identity has not yet been released.
- Govt, who did not yet reveal the agencies to which the slain officers belonged.
Three law enforcement authorities were shot to death, and two others were critically wounded in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in a confrontation with a gunman who was deadly shot by police, officials said.
The shooting unfolded in Codorus Township, a York County community in southeastern Pennsylvania when the officers involved returned to the scene of a previous police job, the Company Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris said.
“They were there to follow up on a study that began yesterday,” he told journalists at a news conference hours later. He refused to elaborate on the circumstances, except to characterize the study as “household -related.”
Three officers died, and two others hit by shots were taken to a nearby hospital where they were erected under critical but stable conditions.
At least one local news media offer reported that the officers were trying to serve a search order when the shot took place.
Paris said the shooter was shot to death by police. The suspect was not publicly identified and the authorities immediately refused to reveal the law enforcement authorities to which the officers belonged.
Governor Josh Shapiro traveled to the hospital to respect the fallen officers and said, “This is an absolutely tragic and devastating day for York County for the whole Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” He asked for prayers for the victims’ families.
“It’s important for you to know that these families are mourning right now … how proud they are over their loved ones who take the uniform to keep us safe,” he said.
Shapiro also acknowledged that he had received a call from US legal lawyer Pam Bondi offering, regardless of which federal support it was necessary.
