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Eric Frein: US police killer suspect found after manhunt | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
A man who eluded capture in the forests of Pennsylvania for seven weeks after the fatal shooting of a police officer has been found and arrested. | A man who eluded capture in the forests of Pennsylvania for seven weeks after the fatal shooting of a police officer has been found and arrested. |
Hundreds of officers combed woodland for survivalist Eric Frein, who was on the FBI's most wanted list. | |
He was finally found at an abandoned airport hangar on Thursday. Prosecutors say he could face the death penalty. | |
Frein is accused of killing Cpl Bryon Dickson outside a barracks on 12 September and wounding another officer. | |
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said at a news conference that Mr Frein was taken away in the handcuffs that belonged to Cpl Dickson. | Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said at a news conference that Mr Frein was taken away in the handcuffs that belonged to Cpl Dickson. |
Surrender | |
The 33-year-old was described by police as a survivalist who was armed and extremely dangerous. | |
While his motivation for the attack remains unknown, police say he had made threatening statements online against police officers. | |
"Eric Frein had a mission and that was to attack law enforcement," Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan told reporters after his capture. | |
Images released to the media after Frein's arrest show the suspect with a swollen nose and cut above his eye. | |
Police said he quietly surrendered to approaching officers at the aircraft hangar of a closed resort in Tannersville, some 30 miles (48 km) away from the barracks where he was accused of shooting Cpl Bryon Dickson. | |
Schools in the area were closed at times during the manhunt, and residents warned to stay indoors. | Schools in the area were closed at times during the manhunt, and residents warned to stay indoors. |
Police used dogs, thermal imaging technology and even a hot air balloon to scour the dense woodland in the north-east of the state of Pennsylvania. | Police used dogs, thermal imaging technology and even a hot air balloon to scour the dense woodland in the north-east of the state of Pennsylvania. |
Several items believed to be his were found by police in the woods - empty packs of Serbian cigarettes, an AK-47-style assault rifle and ammunition, and a journal that offered a chilling account of the ambush. | Several items believed to be his were found by police in the woods - empty packs of Serbian cigarettes, an AK-47-style assault rifle and ammunition, and a journal that offered a chilling account of the ambush. |
Mr Frein had been added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List and $175,000 (£107,000) was offered for information leading to his capture. | Mr Frein had been added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List and $175,000 (£107,000) was offered for information leading to his capture. |