US EditionPennsylvania State Police trooper shot, killed in West Caln Township, officials say
Corporal Timothy O'Connor, a 15-year Pennsylvania State Police veteran, was killed during a traffic stop involving an erratic driver; the suspect died by suicide, investigators said.
- In West Caln Township, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed during a traffic stop Sunday night near Compass and Michael roads and was taken to Paoli Hospital.
- Corporal O'Connor responded to a report of an erratic driver at 8:16 p.m. and stopped the vehicle about eight minutes later near Route 10/Compass Road and Michael Road.
- After a radio transmission indicating he was stopping the vehicle, the driver inside the vehicle opened fire and struck O'Connor, who then went silent, and other officers found a very bad situation, Bivens said.
- Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags lowered Monday and visited the family at Paoli Hospital, and a solemn procession Monday morning departed while Compass Road remains closed.
- Investigators will be looking into the shooter's background and possible motives, as de Barrena-Sarobe said the incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide, and 'Unfortunately we just don't have a lot of answers as to why this happened right now'.
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PAOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said. Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state’s acting police commissioner, Lt. Col. George Bivens, said at an early Monday morning news conference at Paoli Hospital in Chester County. The shooter — identified by police as Jesse Nat…
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