n unknown suspect started shooting in the direction of police as officers loaded a 19-year-old with a gunshot wound in his chest into a police car.
FBI agents who were investigating that kidnapping tracked the suspects to an apartment complex in Leonia, NJ. The agents were serving a search warrant at 6 a.m. when one of the suspects was fatally shot.
Brian Buglio was the police chief for West Hazleton, about 50 miles southwest of Scranton, when a private citizen on multiple occasions in February 2020 “posted social media content on Facebook criticizing Buglio and the West Hazleton Police Department,” according to records filed in U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania.
“Let me be clear: Pennsylvania state troopers support the Juneteenth holiday. But for Gov. Wolf to use his platform to further push a false narrative that police are racist murderers is nothing less than the worst kind of political pandering," said David Kennedy, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association.
Police say the woman who possessed the disguised weapon had 13 prior arrests, including a gun violation.
At that point, the suspect removed a gun from the front of his waistline and fired his gun in the direction of police, officials said. He then reportedly exited the Kia and discharged at least two additional rounds in the direction of police.
Millvale police Chief Tim Komoroski lauded the efforts by Officer Joe Spalick, a rookie officer who graduated from the Police Academy in August 2020 and joined the department the following month.
North Cornwall Township Police Chief John Leahy was temporarily placed on paid administrative leave, the township’s board of supervisors announced in a news release Monday.
After a struggle and argument on the front porch, Swingle said he let his 4-month-old German Shepherd Keeper go after the suspect again. Swingle also retrieved his handgun and saw the suspect across the street trying to break into another house.
Trooper Monty Mitchell, 45, was assigned to the patrol section of Troop C in DuBois, where he suffered a medical emergency in the station parking lot during his shift around 9 p.m. Monday, according to the state police.
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