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Three police officers killed in Pennsylvania shooting, with two others critical | Three police officers killed in Pennsylvania shooting, with two others critical |
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Watch: No "current threat" in Pennsylvania after three officers killed, officials say | |
Three police officers were killed and two others critically injured in a shooting in the US state of Pennsylvania, while following-up on a "domestic-related" investigation, authorities have said. | |
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris said the gunman was fatally shot by the police. | |
The incident happened just after 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT). Images from the scene showed a police officer being airlifted in a medical helicopter. | |
The shooting forced a nearby school district in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania - a small town of about 2,500 people - to briefly shelter in place. The district later said the school had not been affected. | The shooting forced a nearby school district in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania - a small town of about 2,500 people - to briefly shelter in place. The district later said the school had not been affected. |
Images from the scene show injured personnel being airlifted in a Medevac. | |
Officials said there was no active threat to the public. | |
The shooting happened in a rural area of York County in North Codorus Township, about 100 miles (160km) east of Philadelphia. | |
Authorities said officers were at the scene for an investigation that had begun the day before. | |
Police have not shared many of the details because the investigation was ongoing, Commissioner Paris said. | |
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro reached the area on Wednesday afternoon and met the families of the officers killed, local media reported. | |
"We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country," Shapiro said. | |
"This kind of violence is not OK, we need to do better as a society." | |
FBI Director Kash Patel said agents were on the ground providing assistance to local and state partners. | |
"Our prayers are with the officers, their families, and the entire York County community," Patel wrote in a statement. |