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FILE - Linda Shields pays her respects successful beforehand of the West York Police Department aft a constabulary serviceman was killed responding to a shooting astatine UPMC Memorial Hospital successful York, Pa., Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
YORK, Pa. – An serviceman killed portion responding to a Pennsylvania infirmary siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by constabulary that besides killed an equipped antheral holding hostages, a authoritative disclosed astatine a quality league Wednesday.
West York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was killed successful the gunfire successful York connected Feb. 22, portion respective different radical were wounded and injured.
The shotgun blast besides wounded a 2nd serviceman responding to the intensive attraction unit, York County District Attorney Tim Barker said successful announcing the results of his investigation.
The onslaught astatine UPMC Memorial Hospital occurred aft the gunman learned from a doc that the pistillate helium lived with had died aft attraction there, Barker told reporters.
Duarte’s past enactment was to tally toward the threat, Chief Matthew Millsaps had said antecedently astatine Duarte's funeral.
The attacker, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, had brought a weapon and zip ties to the hospital.
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