Pennsylvania Shooting: Suspect Matthew Ruth Identified In Triple Police Shooting Names Of Slain Officers Released

2025-09-18 10:10:10

(MENAFN- Live Mint) A day after three law enforcement officers were killed and two others were injured in a Pennsylvania shooting, authorities revealed the names of the officers, reported USA Today.

The report added that the officers killed were identified as Detective Sergeant Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser.

Meanwhile, the identities of the two officers injured in the shooting have not been identified.

The report also stated that the suspect was identified as Matthew J Ruth by the district attorney for York County, Tim Barker.

"I personally knew them very, very well," USA Today quoted Barker as saying. "They were wonderful."

Records obtained by the York Daily Record states that Ruth was charged with stalking, prowling and trespassing at a home in North Codorus Township in York County.

A day before the shooting, the resident of the home reported he was seen wearing camouflage and peering into the home.

The police have issued an arrest warrant for Ruth. When the officers were searching for him in the afternoon of Wednesday, he began firing at them and later was killed by police at the scene.

This is a developing story, it will be updated shortly.

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