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.

  • pageflight@piefed.socialEnglish
    101·
    19 hours ago

    Aljazeera has a scant few additional details:

    Police said the officers were there to serve a warrant. At a news conference, Christopher Paris, the state police commissioner, explained that they were following up on an investigation that began the day before, but he shared few other details. “The general heading of that investigation, I would say,

    From the original article:

    “This kind of violence is not OK. We need to do better as a society,” Shapiro said.

    Seems like quite a juxtaposition there. I wonder what the “disturbance” was, and what de-escalation approaches were attempted.

    • onslaught545@lemmy.zip
      2·
      13 hours ago

      A woman’s ex was stalking her in a field outside her house. The cops tried to serve the warrant/restraining order but couldn’t find him.

      When they went back to her house for a followup, the ex opened fire from the field.

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      71·
      19 hours ago

      I’m sure the further will tell us later today. Probably something to do with someone waking up and becoming woke. With the immediate need to cancel another late night host as a result.