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Whoever shot and killed the trooper and wounded the other one should be tried, and if found guilty, executed. That having been said, let me mention this:

A 50K reward has been offered for arrest of the perpetrator. In that story, this was written:

Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said the "cowardly attack" was directed at state police and a "very dangerous, armed criminal" eluded quick capture.

"Our troopers were ... shot without warning and really had no chance to defend themselves," Noonan told reporters Saturday afternoon. "It has touched us to the core that such a thing could happen."

Shot without warning, huh? Didn't have a chance to defend themselves? Really? Stop and think long and hard about those two statements. Neither one should have ever been made publicly. Law enforcement ROUTINELY shoots without warning when faced with a formidable opponent (via sniper ) and certainly doesn't give the opposition a chance to shoot back unless it cannot be helped or they missed the first time. When trying to kill someone, it is not healthy to warn them (at all in any form or fashion, either verbally or non-verbally) nor give them chance to defend themselves. I guess the powers that be want the public to believe all of the tripe in movies. We have become a nation of stupid people.

If someone intends to kill troopers, you certainly don't warn them and then you shoot to kill before they can defend themselves. Frank, shut up. If you keep talking, people are going to have sympathy for this obviously military/police-trained perpetrator.

I lived for 7 years in the area near there....from what people have shared with me the criminal element has multiplied terribly and the communities are in an outrage for the illegals coming into the area which have increased the crime rate substantially.

Many of those who are committing crimes have no regard for who police are and don't care one iota if they are caught doing something illegal. They know they can tie up their cases in the courts indefinitely....and the state will pay for their defense.

I'm truly saddened that this happened, the area was once one you could walk the streets at night and have no concerns....impossible now to be out after dark and daylight isn't deterring many criminal minds there anymore.

The other act of stupidity was during the Rendell administration when the new station was built surrounded by woods.

It was PA state game lands so real estate cost = $0.00.

Talk about providing excellent cover for a sniper!