A vigil was held for slain police in the usually quiet farm country of southeastern Pennsylvania. Photo: AP PHOTO

Five police officers shot in rural Pennsylvania, three of them fatally, were ambushed by a suspected stalker who opened fire on them with an assault-style rifle when they attempted to serve an arrest warrant, a local prosecutor says.

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The suspect, Matthew Ruth, 24, was himself killed in the ensuing gunfight on Wednesday with officers from the North York County Regional Police Department and York County Sheriff's Office, according to county District Attorney Tim Barker.

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