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Four people dead, three state troopers injured in shooting in central Pennsylvania - UPDATE

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Blair County District Attorney Rich Consiglio says the shooting scene this morning 'extended over several miles' in Frankstown Township, about 70 miles west of Harrisburg.

A prosecutor says a shooting along a rural road in central Pennsylvania has left four people dead, including the gunman. Three state troopers were injured.

Blair County District Attorney Rich Consiglio says the shooting scene this morning “extended over several miles” in Frankstown Township, about 70 miles west of Harrisburg.

Consiglio says the dead were three men and one woman.

State police say one trooper was struck by gunfire but escaped serious injury because he was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Consiglio says a second trooper was hit by shattered glass and a third was in a crash involving the gunman.

He says the public isn’t at risk. Township supervisor Mark Schroyer says nearby schools weren’t placed on lockdown.

The brother of the late pastor of a central Pennsylvania church says one of the victims was fatally shot while decorating for a children's Christmas party.

The Rev. James McCaulley presided at his brother's funeral Thursday at Juniata Valley Gospel Church in Frankstown Township. That's about 70 miles west of Harrisburg.

McCaulley says the woman was shot today by a man who first fired shots through the church hall's windows. Another woman decorating wasn't shot.

Police say the gunman killed two other men at another location before he was fatally shot by state troopers.

Police have yet to release names of the victims or the gunman. They say the gunman fired at troopers before crashing into a police cruiser. Police then shot him.



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