6:00 PM UPDATE: HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have identified a 31-year-old Philadelphia man as the shooter who killed a U.S. marshal before being shot to death by police.
The U.S. attorney’s office says Kevin Sturgis had two active warrants from Philadelphia when a fugitive task force showed up at a home in Harrisburg early Thursday to arrest a woman who lives there.
Authorities say Sturgis was wanted for not showing up to be sentenced on a gun charge and failing to appear at a probation violation hearing.
Investigators say they were arresting the woman when Sturgis began firing from the second floor, killing 45-year-old Christopher David Hill and wounding a York City police officer.
Officials say Sturgis subsequently exited the home and was killed by police as he shot at officers.
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UPDATE: HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say that a man who fatally shot a U.S. marshal serving a warrant in Pennsylvania’s capital city was killed by return fire.
U.S. Attorney David Freed revealed the details about the fatal Thursday morning encounter in Harrisburg. He didn’t identify the dead suspect.
The slain marshal was 45-year-old Christopher David Hill, an 11-year veteran of the agency. He died at a hospital in Harrisburg.
Authorities say Hill was part of a team of officers serving a warrant for the arrest of a woman wanted by Harrisburg police for making threats. Freed says the man in the home opened fire after the fugitive, Shayla Lynette Towles Pierce, was handcuffed.
Authorities say a York City police officer had non-life-threatening injuries.
The service says Hill is an Army veteran who is survived by his wife and two children.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The mayor of Harrisburg says a U.S. marshal is dead after being shot while serving an arrest warrant in Pennsylvania’s capital city.
Mayor Eric Papenfuse says two other officers were wounded in the Thursday morning shooting, including one from Harrisburg.
The York City Police Department says one of its officers had non-life threatening injuries.
Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo says the officers were part of a U.S. Marshals Service task force and multiple agencies were involved.
He says there is no current danger to the public. Papenfuse says the suspect was critically wounded by officers.
He says more information will be given at an afternoon news conference.
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