- The police complied with the registration order when shots exploded.
- Police shot and killed Gunman; His identity is not yet thrown.
- Government still to reveal to the agencies to which the killed officers belonged.
Three law agents were shot dead and two others were seriously injured in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in a confrontation with an armed man who was shot dead by the police, authorities said.
The shooting took place in the municipality of Codorus, a community of York County in southeast of Pennsylvania, when the officers involved returned to the scene of some previous work of the Police, said state police commissioner Christopher Paris.
“They were there to track an investigation that began yesterday,” journalists told a press conference hours later. He refused to prepare the circumstances, except to characterize research as “related to the national level.”
Three officers died, and two others beaten by shooting were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were included in critical but stable conditions.
At least a local media media reported that the officers tried to fulfill a search warrant when the shots occurred.
Paris said the shooter was shot dead by the police. The suspect was not publicly identified, and the authorities refused to immediately reveal to the agencies of application of the law to which the officers belonged.
Governor Josh Shapiro traveled to the hospital to present respect to fallen officers, saying: “This is an absolutely tragic and devastating day for York County, for the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” He asked for prayers for the families of the victims.
“It is important that you know that these families that are afflicted at this time … how proud they are from their loved ones who wear the uniform to keep us safe,” he said.
Shapiro also acknowledged that he had received a call from the United States attorney general, Pam Bondi, offering any federal support that was necessary.
