LINK: Police Officer Killed in Western PA
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A police officer was shot and killed Wednesday near a fast-food restaurant as was a man believed to have been the gunman, authorities said
By JOE MANDAK Associated Press
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) – A police officer was shot and killed Wednesday near a fast-food restaurant as was a man believed to have been the gunman, authorities said.
The shooting happened Wednesday night in Lower Burrell, a city of about 13,000 residents near downtown Pittsburgh, Westmoreland County spokesman Dan Stevens said. It happened near a Dairy Queen restaurant where the officer’s car was parked.