The 24-year-old man accused of shooting five police officers in a Wednesday ambush in York County was a former Boy Scout and outdoorsman who grew up in a nearby suburban neighborhood, neighbors told PennLive.

Matthew Ruth and his brother fired BB guns at targets in the yard of their home on the 200 block of Hall Drive in Penn Township, outside Hanover, neighbors said.

Matthew continued to live at the family home with his parents, but his older brother, 28, had moved out neighbors said.

The Ruth home is in a neighborhood about 8 miles from a North Codorus Township intersection where police say he opened fire on officers Wednesday afternoon while they tried to serve him with an arrest warrant for stalking charges .

Police filed charges against Ruth on Wednesday then arrived at his home

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