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YORK COUNTY, Pa. (NewsNation) — The 3 officers who were killed successful Pennsylvania were identified Thursday by officials 1 time aft they were changeable responding to a home incident wherever the fishy had reportedly been trespassing.
Detective Sgt. Cody Becker and Detectives Mark Baker and Isaih Emenheiser were killed, according to officials. Their ages person not been released.
Authorities person not released the names of the wounded officers.
The officers were pursuing up connected a domestic-related incidental regarding fishy Matthew James Ruth erstwhile they arrived astatine the location wherever the shootout occurred connected Wednesday.
Court records showed determination had been complaints that Ruth was stalking and trespassing connected the property.
The gunman exchanged occurrence with the officers aft they arrived. He was killed aft being changeable by police, according to Col. Christopher Paris with the Pennsylvania State Police.
The surviving officers were successful captious information arsenic of Thursday afternoon.
One time earlier the shooting, constabulary responded to the workplace aft a pistillate called authorities saying determination was a “male connected her spot with binoculars looking into the residence done a window,” according to the affidavit of probable cause, reported WGAL.
That antheral was aboriginal identified by the girl of the pistillate who lived astatine the location arsenic Ruth.
The pistillate told constabulary that she saw the fishy done a way camera lasting successful her driveway, the outlet reported. She besides told constabulary she thought the idiosyncratic connected the spot whitethorn person arrived successful a achromatic pickup.
An serviceman responded to the call, but did not find the idiosyncratic described. The serviceman did spot a achromatic 2000 Ford Ranger pickup motortruck parked on the road, according to WGAL.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would assistance successful the investigation.
NewsNation's Safia Samee Ali contributed to this report.
