Shot Pennsylvania State Troopers IDed

No one in custody in attack
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 13, 2014 4:25 PM CDT
Shot Pennsylvania State Troopers IDed
The US flag is flown at half-staff outside of the Pennsylvania State Police headquarters in Dunmore, Pa., on Saturday, Sept 13, 2014.   (AP Photo/ The Times-Tribune, Jake Danna Stevens)

Pennsylvania state police have identified two troopers who were shot last night: Cpl. Bryon Dickson was killed, while trooper Alex Douglass is currently in critical but stable condition in the hospital, the AP reports. No suspects are currently in custody, the Scranton Times-Tribune reports. Police have interviewed a person of interest, one Jeffrey Hudak, but hundreds of others will also be interviewed in the course of the investigation, says commissioner Frank Noonan. Hudak, he says, isn't a suspect.

Dickson had a wife and two young sons, the Times-Tribune reports. "He was very, very work oriented," says a friend of his wife. "He was all about it. He was a stand-up guy" who "wanted to provide for his family." Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered state flags at the Capitol to fly at half-staff, CNN reports. "Every attack on an officer of the law is an attack on our state, our country, and civilized society," the governor says. (More state troopers stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X