Pennsylvania troopers ambushed (Updated)

The Associated Press reports that two Pennsylvania State Troopers were ambushed outside their barracks in Blooming Grove last night. One was coming to work and the other was leaving, one was killed immediately, and the other is recovering in the hospital;

A person of interest identified as Jeffrey Hudak, 48, was being questioned by police, Trooper Connie Devens said.

“No one is in custody or under arrest,” she said. “Mr. Hudak is being questioned as a person of interest.”

Noonan confirmed that one trooper was killed and the other was injured and taken to Geisinger Medical Center in Scranton, where he was in stable condition after undergoing surgery.

He provided few details on the shooting but said the attack seemed to be directed at state police.

Pike County, their patrol area, borders New York and New Jersey which have deployed officers to help in the investigation.

UPDATE from Associated Press;

[State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan] identified the dead lawman as Cpl. Bryon Dickson and said Trooper Alex Douglass was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

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