YORK, Pa. — On Wednesday afternoon, three police officers were killed, and two others were injured in a shooting in North Codorus Township, York County.
The officers were killed Wednesday while following up on a domestic-related investigation that began on Tuesday. Two more officers were wounded in the shooting and police killed the gunman.
The man who fatally shot three Pennsylvania officers and injured two before he was killed by police has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, according to a law enforcement official.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to the Associate Press because they weren’t authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, a woman observed Ruth stalking the house in a cornfield close by, and notified authorities, accord