US EditionDetails Emerge in Gunfight; Troopers Recovering but Shooter, Neighbor Dead
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 8 – Suspect Carmine Faino killed a neighbor and ambushed troopers, who were severely wounded but survived, before police ended the standoff after hours, officials said.
- On Thursday in Susquehanna County, Carmine Faino shot and killed his neighbor Lori Wasko outside her home, then ambushed troopers, wounding two, before he was killed by the Special Emergency Response Team.
- Shortly after 11 a.m., Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins arrived on Route 171 after Lori Wasko’s boyfriend called 911 to report gunfire.
- Amid heavy gunfire, Trooper Perechinsky applied a tourniquet to Trooper Jenkins, and Paris added, `Despite being very severely wounded, Trooper Perechinsky was able to tourniquet both arms of Trooper Jenkins.`
- The two wounded troopers are recovering in stable condition, with Jenkins in good condition and Perechinsky in fair condition late Friday morning, officials said.
- With no local police department, Erika Mills said the shooting made for a terrifying day in a normally peaceful community.
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Details emerge in gunfight; Troopers recovering but shooter, neighbor dead
A response by two state troopers on a report of gunfire in Susquehanna County Thursday soon turned into a fight for their lives. Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins stepped from their police vehicles at about 11:20 a.m., they were ambushed by a man who had already taken the life of his neighbor, Lori Wasko. Troopers would soon learn that Carmine Faino, 61, shot and killed Wasko in front of her home at 20141 State Route 171, in Thomps…
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readingeaglePa. state troopers recovering after Susquehanna County shooting; were ambushed by gunman who killed neighbor
State troopers who responded to gunfire Thursday in Susquehanna County were soon fighting for their lives. Carmine Faino, who had already killed his neighbor Lori Wasko, ambushed Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins at about 11:20 a.m. Troopers soon learned Faino, 61, fatally shot Wasko in front of her home on state Route 171 in Thompson. Faino fired rounds from a rifle at the troopers from a distance and “from a position of superiori…
Pa. man kills neighbor, wounds troopers in gunfire ambush, police say
A 61-year-old man shot and killed his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania Thursday and then ambushed first responders, wounding two state troopers and causing an EMT to crash a vehicle while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon, police said. The attacker was later killed by police.
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