Officer killed in Pennsylvania ambush had previous brush with death

(NewsNation) — As York County, Pennsylvania, mourns the nonaccomplishment of 3 constabulary officers killed successful an ambush connected Wednesday, the assemblage is reflecting connected their years of work and erstwhile brushes with decease successful the enactment of duty.

Detective Sgt. Cody Becker and Detectives Mark Baker and Isaiah Emenheiser were killed portion pursuing up connected a domestic-related incident successful which the fishy had reportedly been trespassing. The gunman, identified arsenic James Ruth, exchanged occurrence with the officers aft they arrived, sidesplitting 3 and injuring 2 others. Ruth was killed aft being changeable by police, according to Col. Christopher Paris with the Pennsylvania State Police.

According to the York Daily Record, Emenheiser narrowly avoided being changeable successful May 2015 portion moving arsenic a patrol serviceman with the Northern York County Regional Police Department. The work reports that Emenheiser had responded to a telephone astir a antheral with a limb astatine a location erstwhile the fishy changeable astatine him. The slug missed, striking a adjacent h2o heater instead.

Detective Isaiah Emenheiser was fatally changeable aft responding to a home incidental successful Pennsylvania. (Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.)

In a statement connected Thursday, Emenheiser's alma mater, York College, honored his passing and commended his service.

“The full instrumentality enforcement assemblage of York County is mourning the nonaccomplishment of Detective Emenheiser and the different officers of the Northern York County Regional Police Department who gave their lives to support our assemblage safe,” York College Police Chief Ed Bruder said. “Detective Emenheiser is the finest illustration of an alumnus who lived by our assemblage motto ‘Servire, Est, Vivere,’ (to service is to live).”