A Pennsylvania police officer was shot to death after having responded to a call over a domestic violence dispute. The officer, Lloyd Reed, confronted the man who was involved in the dispute late Saturday at a home in the Western Pennsylvania community of New Florence, according to State Police Trooper Stephen Limani.
The man accused having shot Reed to death is Ray Allen Shetler Jr, who then fled the scene of the crime, Limani added. Shetler is a 31-year-old weighing 220 pounds. He was brought into custody after being treated for his injury before being transported to jail, according to CNN.
Shetler was found after a six-hour manhunt while he was walking near a power plant outside of New Florence at 3 a.m. New Florence is located 56 miles east of Pittsburgh, USA Today reported.
Officials also sent out a tweet showing the suspect's face as they searched for him. Reed, a veteran police officer of St. Clair township, was shot at around 9:30 p.m. Shetler had incurred his bullet wound during his confrontation with Reed, who was soon taken to an emergency room but died shortly after. It is believed that Shetler assaulted a woman and then confronted 25-year-old Reed after she had called 911 to report the attack.
"They were very minor, minor injuries that were caused by Mr. Shetler," Limani said.
It is unclear, however, as to how any times Reed was shot by Shetler. This is the third death of a police officer in the past 12 months in the rural communities southeast of Pittsburgh, according to the New York Daily News.
Among the other police officers who died in the line of action is Perropolis Borough Police Officer Richard Champion, who died in December 2014 after a car crashed into his cruiser, sparking flames while he was trapped inside. In another incident, Ligonier Township Lt. Eric Eslary died on May 5 when an alleged drunk driver hit the officer head-on while on the wrong side of the highway.
