3 Officers Dead, 2 Injured In York County Shooting: Police

YORK COUNTY, PA — Three officers were killed and two were in critical condition after a shooting on Wednesday in York County, authorities said.

The officers were following up on a domestic investigation in North Codorus Township that had begun on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris said at a press conference on Wednesday evening, noting the shooter was dead and had been shot by police.

The surviving officers were in critical but stable condition at WellSpan York Hospital, Paris said, adding there was no active threat to the community as of Wednesday evening.

Gov. Josh Shapiro described Wednesday as "an absolutely tragic and devastating day."

"This kind of violence isn't OK," the governor said at the press conference, streamed live by the state. "We need to do better as a society."

Attorney General Pamela Bondi called the violence against police “a scourge on our society." She said federal agents were on the scene to support local officers.

Authorities did not identify the shooter, the officers or which police department they belonged to, or describe how they were shot, citing the investigation.

The investigation was occurring about 115 miles west of Philadelphia, not far from the Maryland line, authorities said. The medical response unfolded on a rural road in south-central Pennsylvania that winds through an agricultural area with a red barn and farm fields.

An officer in the area was killed in February when a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered a hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before a shootout that left both the suspect and an officer dead.

Wednesday was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century. In 2009, three Pittsburgh officers responding to a domestic disturbance were ambushed and shot to death by a man in a bulletproof vest.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.