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Elizabethtown Man ID'd After Fatal Shooting By Police After DUI: Lancaster DA
A man arrested for allegedly driving under the influence returned with a handgun to the police station and ended up being shot dead by an officer, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office detailed in an updated release on Monday night, Nov. 4. Andrew Ward, 39, of Elizabethtown has been identified as the man police fatally shot outside the Northwest Regional Police Station on Elizabethtown Road at at 1:43 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, according to the DA's updated release and as Daily Voice previously reported. Officers from the Northwest Regional Police Department had…
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Fatal Officer Involved Shooting At Elizabethtown Police Station: Lanco DA
An unidentified man was shot dead by an officer at a police station in Elizabethtown early Sunday morning, Nov. 3, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced later in the day. The man showed up at the Northwest Regional Police Department on Elizabethtown Road in Elizabethtown at 1:43 a.m. Lancaster County Wide Communications told the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. He was armed with a handgun. We know an officer shot him, but the details were not immediately available. "This investigation is in its initial stages and additional information will be released…
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2 Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Under Investigation By PA State Police
An officer-involved shooting happened on Thursday night, Oct. 3, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer told Daily Voice. A Marysville Borough Police Officer was involved in the shooting, according to Trooper Frazer. Cassell Street from South State Road/Route 11 to Church Street was shuttered in Marysville until Friday morning, Oct. 4, according to witnesses. Two people were taken to Holy Spirit Hospital, according to Perry County Emergency Management Agency. Law enforcement officers from the State Police, Marysville Borough, and Hampden Township swarmed the…
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Trooper Shoots Man Dead During Standoff At Trailer Park: PA State Police
A Pennsylvania state trooper shot a man dead during a standoff at a mobile home park on Saturday, Sept. 7 in Lycoming County, authorities said. The officer-involved shooting remains under investigation pending an autopsy on Monday, Sept. 9, they said. At about 2:50 p.m. Saturday, Pennsylvania State Police at Montoursville was dispatched to a disturbance at 152 Boak Ave., Lot 49, in Wolf Township. Upon arrival, the investigation revealed that Gary Lee McCartney, 62, exited his trailer and started a verbal argument with a man doing work on an adjacent trailer, State Police said. A…
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Police Shoot Accused Robber, Rapist Fleeing Crime Scene: Lancaster DA
A 36-year-old Middletown man who was shot by police while fleeing a robbery scene has been charged with several offenses, authorities said. Christopher Rivera is charged with multiple counts of robbery, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Officers with the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department were dispatched for a “burglary in progress” at the Calm Spa located in Penn Town Shopping Center in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road in Manheim at 8:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. A preliminary re…
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Police ID Sex Abuse Suspect Struck During Officer-Involved Shooting At Maryland Motel (
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New details have been released after a man wanted for sexually abusing a child in Pennsylvania was injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital following an officer-involved shooting at a Frederick County motel on Friday morning. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. The suspect was later identified as Jack Edgar Primmer by the Beaver Valley Regional P…
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Fugitive Barricaded In Frederick Motel Airlifted To Hospital After Officer-Involved Shooting
A man wanted for sexually abusing a child in Pennsylvania was airlifted to an area hospital following an officer-involved shooting at a Frederick County motel on Friday morning. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. According to the sheriff's office, they were able to make contact with the 45-year-old man, who indicated he was not coming out of his room and ad…
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Name Released Of 29-Year-Old Man Killed By Police In Central PA
A convicted felon has died following an officer-involved shooting in Lewistown, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Ridge Ryen Rhodes, 29 of Lewistown, is accused of firing "several shots" when local police responded to the area of the 100 block of West Fourth Street and fired back around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, according to the PSP Troop G release. Rhodes "succumbed to injuries" after being shot by police. The Mifflin County Coroner's Office later confirmed his identity. The Troop G Major Case Team is assisting with the investigation, along with P…
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Two Fighting Dogs Shot, Killed By Police In West Philadelphia: Authorities
A police officer fatally shot two dogs after they attacked a woman in West Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, June 5, officials say. According to PPD, a 57-year-old man was calling for help when a stray dog attacked his pet on his porch on the 1500 block of North 57th Street. An 18-year-old woman intervened using mace and the pit bulls were separated, but the 57-year-old's other dog ran out from the home and attacked the woman, police said. She was bitten on her arm and ankle before fleeing, authorities continued. "(A)ll three dogs turned on each other" and were fi…
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Two More Arrested For Assault, Robbery Of Off-Duty Philly Cop: Authorities
Police have announced two more arrests in the May 12 incident that sent an off-duty PPD officer to the hospital. Twenty-three-year-old Cian Dennis, formerly identified as "Duke," and 24-year-old Khamil Brown are in custody, authorities said. Officials said the incident happened Sunday afternoon on the 2100 block of West Oxford Street in North Philadelphia. Officer Eric Rodriguez was waiting in traffic and honked his horn before Dennis came up and punched him in the face, according to PPD. When Rodriguez got out of his car and identified himself as a policeman,…
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Police Shoot, Kill Dog Mauling Man In Philadelphia: Authorities
A Philadelphia police officer is on administrative leave after authorities said he shot and killed a dog during a mauling on Wednesday, May 1. PPD said an officer was patrolling near Fairmount Avenue and Union Street when a passerby told him there were "loose dogs" down the road. The officer found three pit bulls and a cane corso attacking a 53-year-old man, police said. He "attempted to use his siren to distract the dogs, but they continued their attack," the department said. That's when police say the officer got out of his vehicle and fired multiple shots at the d…
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New Details Released In Philadelphia Eid al-Fitr Shooting
Authorities have named the Philadelphia police officer who shot a teen during the shooting at an Eid al-Fitr celebration last Wednesday, April 10. Officer Diamond Jaynes has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the Internal Affairs and Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations, PPD said in a release. Five people in total were arrested after two groups exchanged gunfire in Clara Muhammad Square around 2:30 p.m., authorities have said. One of them, 21-year-old Kahbir Oglesby-Hicks, was charged with Violation of the Uniformed Firearms Act (VUFA)…
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All Six Bodies Recovered From East Lansdowne Crime Scene, DA Says
The remains of six people have been taken from the East Lansdowne home where two police officers were shot and a fire broke out on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7, authorities say. "We think we have found everybody who was in that house," said Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer at a press conference on Friday, Feb 9. The remains have been turned over to the county Medical Examiner's Office for official identification, Stollsteimer said, though investigators have called them the Le family. The remains were left "unrecognizable" from an "intense inferno," and med…
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Officers 'Justified' In Fatal Shooting Of Felon, Shippensburg Alum In Carlisle, DA
After reviewing events leading up to the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man, Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack ruled the police were justified in the killing. Nathaniel Lawrence Liberator, of Carlisle, was shot dead after police attempted to detain him for questioning following a disturbance in the area of the 300 block of C Street at 1:59 p.m. on Jan. 13, as Daily Voice previously reported. The officers were seen on body camera calmly asking him to stop walking away from them, the DA explained. The officers had no information about his mental healt…
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Grocery Store Police Shootout: Slain Suspect Dead Amid Struggle In Philadelphia, Cops Say
Police have released details in a shootout that killed a 28-year-old gunman and injured an officer in a Philadelphia grocery store. Officers near Mascher and Cambria Streets went into a nearby grocery store around 8:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and approached a group of males standing in the store, city police said. While trying to stop one of them, the offender, later identified as Alexander Spencer, scuffled with police, and then fired one shot, hitting an officer in the leg, police said. In response, the wounded officer’s partner returned fire, striking Spencer. Spencer was pronou…
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Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA
A man wanted on charges in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough was shot dead in what the Lancaster County District Attorney's office is calling "an officer-involved shooting" on Thursday afternoon. Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's original release. He had a firearm on him when members of the United States Marshals’ Eastern District Violent Crime…
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US Marshals Kill Sex Offender Wanted For Violent Rape In Elizabethtown: DA
A registered sexual offender with a history of abusing children and fighting — who was wanted in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough — has been shot dead by US Marshals, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's intial release. The rape and brutal beating happened around 8:05 a.m. on Dec…
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Man With 'AR' Shot By Police Officers Dies In Hospital 5 Weeks Later: Lancaster DA (
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UPDATE: A man died in the hospital in January after what police called "an officer-involved shooting" during a "domestic incident" in Nov., the Lancaster County DA said. William Oneill,40, had been charged with criminal attempt homicide and related charges, for his role in an officer-involved shooting that occurred Nov. 29, 2023, in the 100 block of Hershey Avenue, but he succumbed to his injuries sustained in the shooting on January 3, the DA said in an updated release adding that, "the charges against Oneill will be withdrawn by our office." ORIGINAL: Three Lancaster Ci…
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Slain Philly Officer's Handcuffs Used To Arrest NJ Suspect Who Police Say Killed Him
The handcuffs Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez was carrying when he was fatally shot were the ones authorities used to arrest the gunman accused of killing him, Daily Voice has learned. Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, of Cherry Hill, NJ was arrested by the US Marshals Service at approximately 4 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, in connection with Mendez's Oct. 13 death at Philadelphia International Airport, PPD brass said at a press conference. Slain PPD Officer Richard Mendez's handcuffs were used to arrest his suspected killer, Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, authorities said.US Marshals S…
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Police Shoot Robbery Suspect In Philadelphia: Authorities
A would-be thief was shot in the ankle by Philadelphia police officers after a brief exchange of gunfire on Thursday night, Sept. 14, authorities claim. Police said that a person on a bicycle approached a victim on the 3200 block of Kensington Street, hit them on the hand with a gun, and then stole their phone before fleeing. The victim chased the robber and police followed them, according to the department. The officers stopped their squad car on the 900 block of East Westmoreland Street to approach the suspect on foot, authorities said. "At this point, the male wa…
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PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office. Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department. The officers arri…
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Bucks 20-Year-Old Pointed Fake Gun At Cops Before They Shot Him, DA Claims
The shooting of a 20-year-old man by Falls Township police nearly two months ago was a "justified" use of force, says the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. On March 28, DA Matthew Weintraub said his office was investigating an "officer-involved shooting" during an early morning traffic stop in Levittown. A driver was accused of pointing a gun at police twice before allegedly "fleeing from police in his vehicle," prosecutors said at the time. Now, in a statement from First Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Schorn, the DA's Office said the policemen acted in accorda…
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14-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Gunfight With Police In Philadelphia Neighborhood
A pair of Philadelphia police officers returned fire at a 65-year-old suspect who shot at them during a 14-hour standoff over the weekend, authorities tell Daily Voice. Officers were initially called to the 400 block of W. Bringhurst Street on reports of an armed man around 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, police tell Daily Voice. Soon after, police heard one shot, left the house, set up a perimeter, and declared a barricade. After nine hours of negotiations, the man said he wasn't going to leave the property. Officers lost communication with the man for several hours, and so, on Sunday morn…
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: Suspect Shot By Cops In Berks Was Armed And Wanted, Police Say
The man shot dead by police officers in Berks County late on Thursday, March 30 was armed with a rifle and wanted for a Philadelphia shooting, authorities claim. Previously, state Trooper David Beohm said on Twitter that an "officer involved fatal shooting" happened in Wyomissing Borough on the 900 block of Spring Street. PSP along with the Berks County District Attorney’s office are currently investigating an officer involved fatal shooting last night at 903 Spring St Wyomissing. Press conference today at 2 at PSP Reading — Trooper Beohm (@PSPTroopLPIO) March 31, 2023 Now, in a rele…
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Police Shoot Wanted Man After Vehicle Strikes Officer Outside Reading Wawa: DA
Police shot a wanted man in Reading on Wednesday, Sept. 14, after an officer was struck by the car he was driving, authorities said. Officers on patrol around 4:45 p.m. saw Emanuel Padilla Tirado, 31, driving a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, which was later parked at the Wawa on the 400 block of Lancaster Avenue, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators had been searching for Padilla Tirado and were aware that there was an active felony warrant for his arrest. He had been wanted on aggravated assault charges stemming from a shooting that happened on Sept. 9 at …
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Would-Be Catalytic Converter Thief Shot By Officer During Pursuit In Berks County: Police
A cop shot a would-be catalytic converter thief who led police on a chase through Berks County Thursday, July 14, authorities said. Officers responding to a theft call found Tyvan Barnett, 25, Ejau Collazo, 18, and one other man trying to steal catalytic converters from vehicles parked on the 200 block of South 5th Street in Reading, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Cops spotted one of the men holding what appeared to be a saw or car jack before the trio fled in a black Honda Accord, authorities said. Officers pursued the sedan, but when the group refused…
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Man Shot By Police In Hatfield: DA
A man was shot by police in Montgomery County, authorities said. The 29-year-old man was undergoing surgery at Grandview Hospital after being tased and then shot by police in Hatfield Township around 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 17, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele. Police were called after a resident reported seeing a man run through her backyard and hide in a neighbor's yard. There, they encountered the man between two woodpiles. The man was ordered by police to come out and show his hands, but he refused, they said. In response, the officers tased him, but he ran …
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PA Corrections Lieutenant, Mom Found Dead In Woods, Husband Killed By Police In VA: Authorities
A corrections lieutenant was found dead in the woods in central Pennsylvania hours after her suspected killer and husband was shot dead by police in Virginia, authorities say. Pennsylvania state police were sent to contact the next of kin of Derrick Avey at the home he shared with his wife Kyline C. (maiden name Keefer) Avey in the 8900 block of McClays Mill Road, Lurgan Township around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, according to a release by the police. No one was found in the home, and police soon learned that the 41-year-old woman who lived there had "not been seen or heard from in s…
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Police Justified In Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man In Berks County: DA
Police in Berks County were justified in shooting a man when he refused to drop a knife and lunged at them with it on Wednesday, March 30, authorities announced. Officers tased Robert Eckert, 67, before shooting him after he allegedly refused to drop the "large knife" and lunged at them on Butlers Lane in Mohnton around 7:45 a.m., Chief County Detective Michael J. Gombar said. In Berks County, an independent agency investigation was required following an officer-involved shooting. Brecknock Township police initially responded to a 911 call of a man suffering from a mental health …
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Officer Injured, Police Kill Suspect: PA State Police
UPDATE: The man shot dead has been identified, you can read more about it here. ORIGINAL: A person was shot dead by a police officer in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania state police. The incident began when officers from multiple agencies were serving a warrant at Brittney Drive in North Middleton Township in Carlisle on Feb. 16 around 3:30 p.m., State Trooper Megan Ammerman said in a press conference later that night. Someone opened fire, and a bullet struck a North Middleton Township officer who was wearing a bulletproof vest, Ammerman said. The offic…
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: Man Shot By Law Enforcement After Threatening Officers With Blow Torch ID'd
UPDATE: The man who was shot by law enforcement on Tuesday, following a standoff, has been identified as Zachary Robert Gilbaugh, 38, of Chester County, according to Lancaster Online citing East Earl Township police. Gilbaugh is in critical condition, according to Lancaster County media specialist Sean McBryan. UPDATE: The subject involved in the officer-involved shooting earlier this morning is currently under guard at a local area hospital and believed to be in critical condition. — Sean McBryan (@SeanMcBryanLanc) February 2, 2022 ORIGINAL: A man was shot by law enforcement on Tues…
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