The suspect accused of fatally shooting three Pennsylvania cops and wounding two more was identified as a 24-year-old man police were seeking to arrest on stalking charges, according to sources.

Matthew James Ruth, of Hanover, unleashed the fatal round of gunfire Wednesday when police followed up on a domestic-related probe that began the day before, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. 3

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Ruth was killed by police during the exchange of gunfire.

He was charged earlier in the day with stalking, prowling at nighttime and criminal trespass after he was suspected of lurking around a woman’s home in North Codorus Township late Tuesday night, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by local news outlets.

The resident told police she could see a man decked

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