Posted on 06/17/2023 7:36:07 PM PDT by lightman
A shootout Saturday in Juniata County has left one Pennsylvania State State Police trooper and a suspect dead.
Another state police trooper was also badly injured in an earlier related shooting.
The shootout which left the trooper and suspect dead took place in Walker Township just before 3 p.m.
A second state trooper was shot in an earlier related incident in Mifflintown. Further information has not been released regarding his status.
Pennsylvania State Police trooper, suspect killed in Juniata County shootout; one other trooper badly injured
Police said the incident began when police “encountered an armed subject in the area of the Troop G Lewistown Station Saturday morning. They said that at around 12:45 p.m. the person believed to be involved in that incident “engaged troopers in Mifflintown Borough” and began shooting at an occupied police cruiser.
The shooter was then located in Walker Township following an “intense search,” and a shootout ensued.
A nearby resident captured harrowing audio of the violent incident and provided it to PennLive. It can be heard in the video below:
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That was a pretty heavy exchange of gunfire.
Wow, that is basically my hubby’s hometown.
At least 60 rounds.
Gonna take a long time to process that scene.
buckle of the bible belt.... Evil infestation spilling over into the good areas.
Wow.
Lt. James Wagner, Troop G Holidaysburg, critically injured.
Trooper Jacques Rousseau (sp?) EOW June 17. Two weeks short of his three year anniversary of enlistment.
May his Memory be Eternal.
Tropper Jacques F. Rougeau Jr.
EOW June 17, 2023
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