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Police Chief Killed By Suspected Carjacker In PA Exactly Four Years After Being Sworn In Police Chief Killed By Suspected Carjacker In PA Exactly Four Years After Being Sworn In
Police Chief Killed By Suspected Carjacker In PA Exactly Four Years After Being Sworn In A Pennsylvania police chief was fatally shot by a suspect who late was killed by officers exactly four years after being sworn in as chief. Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire — who was sworn into his role on Jan. 2, 2019 — was killed in the line of duty Jan. 2, 2023, officials confirm. He was allegedly shot by a suspected carjacker identified as 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan near the the 800 block of Sixth Avenue shortly after 4 p.m., local police said. Swan fled in a vehicle then crashed, and ran into a wooded area toward a housing development, Allegheny County Police Superintende…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Rookie Firefighter In Maryland Killed In Three-Alarm Blaze While Volunteering In PA Rookie Firefighter In Maryland Killed In Three-Alarm Blaze While Volunteering In PA
Rookie Firefighter In Maryland Killed In Three-Alarm Blaze While Volunteering In PA Officials confirmed that a first-year firefighter in Maryland died in the line of duty while volunteering for his hometown department in New Tripoli in Pennsylvania. The Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services announced on Thursday, Dec. 8, that firefighter Zachary Paris died overnight from injuries sustained while operating with his volunteer company battling a three-alarm house fire in West Penn Township. Authorities say that Paris and another New Tripoli firefighter were killed battling the blaze in West Brunswick Township in Schuylkill County. A third person was found dea…

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by Zak Failla