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Via NY Post:

State police say one trooper is dead and another is injured after a shooting at a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania. A search is underway for the suspect.

The shooting occurred at about 11 p.m. Friday at the barracks in Pike County’s Blooming Grove, a township of about 4,000 people about 35 miles east of Scranton. Nearby Lackawanna County dispatched its SWAT team, and helicopters were seen flying over the area.

State police spokeswoman Maria Finn tells The Times-Tribune newspaper that one trooper was killed and another was injured. She did not elaborate on the severity of the injuries.

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Update:

This is the person being questioned in what is being described as an “ambush attack”:
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As matter of clarification, a “person of interest” is not officially a suspect or technically “in custody”.

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