Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Three law enforcement officers were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon, and the suspect is also dead, the state police commissioner said.
Police were apparently serving a warrant in York County when
they were fired upon, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The officers were in Codorus Township following up on a
domestic investigation that began Tuesday, said the state police commissioner,
Col. Christopher Paris.
“There are simply no words I can offer to assuage the grief
that this community has experienced,” he said.
The two surviving officers were in critical but stable
condition at WellSpan York Hospital, he said.
Police shot the suspect, who is dead, Paris said. The
suspect was not immediately identified Wednesday.
The first 911 call came in from North Codorus Township at
2:10 p.m., said Ted Czech of the York County Office of Emergency Management.
Dave Miller told NBC affiliate WGAL of Lancaster that
he was driving home and had pulled over to clear the way for police and heard
the gunfire.
“I looked over to the right, of course, and I saw the police
in the barn, looked like they were looking for someone,” he told the station.
“And then I heard the gunshots ring, and I saw people on the ground.”
Miller said the person on the ground appeared to be a police
officer. He said he heard around 30 shots.
“It was just continuous,” he said. “Lots of shots, more than
what I could count.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro asked for prayers for the
officers’ families. He called it "a tragic and devastating day" for
York County and the state.
Shapiro said that he spent time with the families Wednesday
and that even though they were grieving, they took time to say "how proud
they are of their loved ones who put on a uniform to keep us safe."
"This kind of violence isn't OK," Shapiro said.
"We need to do better as a society. We need to help the people who think
that picking up a gun, picking up a weapon is the answer to resolving disputes.
The officers were not immediately identified Wednesday.
Paris did not name their department, citing the investigation.
Paris did not release details about how the shooting
occurred. He called the crime scene large and active but said there is no
further threat to the community.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that
the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was
assisting, and she said, "Violence against law enforcement is a scourge on
our society and never acceptable."
Bondi reached out to Shapiro and said the state has the full
support of the federal government, Shapiro said.
Shapiro ordered flags lowered to half-staff Wednesday in
honor of the slain officers.
The deadly shooting comes almost seven months after another
police officer in York County, West York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte, was
killed as he was responding to a hospital siege in which a
gunman took hostages.
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