Pa. trooper shot and wounded, prompting standoff in Tioga
ELKLAND (AP) — A Pennsylvania state trooper was shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon at a home in a rural area near the border with New York state, prompting a standoff with the barricaded gunman that lasted into the evening, authorities said.
Troopers were conducting a welfare check at the home in Nelson Township, in Tioga County, when they were met with gunfire, officials said.
One trooper was shot and was airlifted out. The trooper was conscious and alert, authorities said. State police initially reported that he underwent surgery, but later said he did not require it. He was listed in stable condition.
A second trooper suffered a leg injury. He was treated and released, authorities said.
State police swarmed the scene as the gunman barricaded himself inside for several hours after the shooting.
Three troopers had gone to the home after a person who has regular contact with the resident called to say the resident had been out of touch for several weeks, authorities said.
Troopers said they announced themselves, failed to get a response and then entered through an unlocked door. They called out again, they said, and that’s when a single shot was fired. The troopers retreated and requested backup, police said.
The shooting took place on a sparsely populated road just over the New York state line.
A nearby elementary school said it was in lockdown as a result of the shooting, and asked people to stay away unless it was an emergency. A high school more than 10 miles away also placed itself on lockdown but didn’t explain why, given the distance. Both schools said they would dismiss students as usual.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney General Josh Shapiro tweeted they are praying for the injured trooper.
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Prayer is invoked, and you go politics?
Since you couldn't resist going there, first off, let's pray about such evil and division.
You accuse Trump of being responsible for this?
"our law enforcement as scum in his rallies" ?
Heck, I've never heard that. Better provide a sound bite, or a transcript liar.
While you hunt, let me provide some for you... Put your glasses on Joe.
Remember Ferguson? Barack said, "the Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined." Barack Obama said that Joe. Here'sore Joe...
"There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded that there is a role for technology to play in building additional trust and accountability, but it's not a panacea, it has to be embedded in a broader change in culture and a legal framework that ensures that people's privacy is respected and that not only police officers but the community themselves feel comfortable with how technologies are being used."
Barack Obama
"We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations."
Barack Obama
Joe, do you recall when Obama used a funeral memorial for five cops slain for their job and race by a black racist to state? I remember...
“I see people who mourn for the five officers we lost, but also weep for the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile?” You must have forgot that one, but I'm not done.
Look up the race riot-supporter Deray McKesson. Obama had the kid come to the White House in the aftermath of the Dallas shootings, and asked Louisiana police to give him back his backpack.
This is the same president of the United States who called up New York Mayor Bill De Blasio to praise him after De Blasio ripped his own police department and said that he had to tell his black son to walk carefully around police lest he be shot.
Perhaps the most memorable was... "If I had a son..." The Kenyan interjected, and had no information or details. It didn't matter, he needed to use that disaster to advance his agenda.
Remember how the Kenyan approved the Black Lives Matter agenda, even using memorials for murdered cops to do so. I do!
Obama could have tamped things down, nope, he’s used it as an opportunity to lecture police – a teachable moment against the victims. Obama believed in American racism both ideologically and for practical purposes. You see Joe, the useful idiots within the "Racism" industry found great bedfellow with the abominations of the past POTUS.
Obama owns this, he built this! The only thing he built was the hatred and division of the nation. Diablo in the Executive Office.
MAGA kick the Democrats off Capital Hill
You see Joe, we play king of the hill at the voting booth. You and the deplorable's can't win an election.
Just a mention of his name and you lib's get bunched panties.
Why could one get away with all kinds of dark activity and yet the other be called to the floor for made up non sense?
You're letting that fake news CNN twist you into a pretzel Joe.
Bwah ha ha ha
You lib's ain't seen nothing yet.
Also he just called the FBI scum when he was parading his deranged words in Hershey.
Number at rally is superficial. They just wanna be on TV. :)
Oh, sorry. I forgot, this day and age we just hate someone blindly and do anything to have our way. The blind rage against one person is amazing. I did not like Obama but I respected his position and acknowledged he was president as many others did. Yet, the democratic party refuses to do any of that.