Two officers wounded in an ambush at a York County home have been upgraded to “satisfactory” condition after arriving two days ago in critical condition, a hospital spokesman said Friday.
Lt. David Godfrey, a York County Sheriff’s Office veteran who oversees the department’s K-9 unit, was one of the injured, according to multiple sources.
The other wounded officer worked as a detective with the Northern York County Regional Police department. He has not been identified.
The ambush came when the officers responded to a farmhouse Wednesday afternoon on Haar Road in North Codorus Township to arrest a suspect for stalking his ex-girlfriend the night before, police said.
Law enforcement say Matthew Ruth, 24, had broken into the farmhouse before the officers arrived and was laying in wait w