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Police & Fire
Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police
Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police A 59-year-old man was shot dead by state police during an hours-long armed standoff in the Poconos, authorities said. Keith Carroll was shot and killed by troopers after he walked out of his Jackson Township home armed with a handgun Thursday, June 23, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called to the home on High Point Drive around 8 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from Carroll's wife, who said her husband is depressed and had locked himself in a bedroom, police said. He was armed with a pistol, she claimed, and was threatening to kill himself and shoot at the police. When…

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner The first day of deer hunting season in Pennsylvania was off to a tragic start. William Tripp, 71, of Elizabethtown, was shot in the head by a juvenile relative on Saturday, reports WJAC citing the Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees. Tripp was hunting with a group of family and friends along a gas line off Buckhorn Road in Jackson Township when he was killed around 10 a.m., the coroner told the outlet. The child who shot Tripp was aiming at a deer but missed-- striking Tripp who was approximately 300 yards away, according to WTAJ citing Lees. “This is a heart-wrenching, unfortunate ac…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy
PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy A maskless man prevented from shopping at a Northampton County mall is accused of threatening a security guard with a knife, authorities said. Averi J. Albanese, of Jackson Township, was not wearing a mask when he walked into Boscov’s at Palmer Park Mall shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, WFMZ reports citing court records. A security officer had just approached Albanese and asked him to put a mask on when he spit on his neck and refused, the report says. After being asked to leave, the 18-year-old took out a pocket knife and asked the guard to go outside with him, which was perceived as a thr…

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by Valerie Musson