Alleged Pennsylvania Gunman Added to Top Ten List
Source: FBI
The alleged shooter of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers has been added to the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Eric Matthew Frein, a 31-year-old white male with ties to the mid-Atlantic regionincluding the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New Yorkfaces state charges of homicide, homicide of a law enforcement officer, and attempted murder, as well as a federal unlawful flight to avoid prosecution charge. He is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
The shootings occurred on September 12, 2014, when a gunman ambushed the two officers at the Pennsylvania State Police Blooming Grove Barracks in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Corporal Byron Dickson, 38, was fatally shot, and Trooper Alex Douglass, 31, was critically wounded. The subsequent investigation linked Frein to the shootings.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Frein. If you have any information, call the Pennsylvania State Police at (866) 326-7256, or contact your nearest FBI office.
Frein is the 503rd person to appear on the Top Ten list since it was created in 1950. Since then, 472 fugitives have been apprehended or located, 156 of them as a result of citizen cooperation.
Read more: http://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/alleged-pennsylvania-gunman-added-to-top-ten-list
AP: Hunt for ambush suspect briefly intensifies. Photo:
Tiffany Dickson places a rose on her husband Pennsylvania State Trooper Cpl. Bryon Dickson casket during a funeral service on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 at the Dunmore Cemetery in Dunmore, Pa. Dickson was killed on Friday night in an ambush shooting at the state police barracks in Blooming Grove Township. Authorities are looking for 31-year-old Eric Frein, of Canadensis, who has been charged with killing one trooper and wounding another outside the barracks. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Aristus
(66,293 posts)Probably the twisted little shit's idea of accomplishment...
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)the Officer shot and killed had fired him for being 'overly aggressive' hes heavily armed and is said to be targeting police officers...
Hope They Catch Him Soon
CANDO
(2,068 posts)I've followed this story very closely and you are the first mention of this guy being a former LEO, and fired by Cpl Dickson. I did a search and coming up with nothing on that. I don't believe that is correct info.