Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said. The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic-related investigation that began the previous day. “This is an absolutely tragic and devastating…

Three police officers were fatally shot and two others were seriously injured today while trying to serve a warrant in a rural part of York County, Pennsylvania, state police officials said.

The man who fatally shot three Pennsylvania officers and injured two before he was killed by police has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, according to a law enforcement official.

Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.

The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic-related investigation that began the previous day. “This is an absolutely tragic and devastating day," Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference. It was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century.

Pennsylvania: Three law enforcement officers were fatally shot dead and two others were critically wounded in shooting at Codorus Township, Pennsylvania,

Three officers were killed and two others wounded in York County, Pennsylvania's, Codorus Township shortly after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Police arriving at the scene at about 2:10 p.m. Wednesday noticed the door to the home was unlocked even though the ex-girlfriend and her mother had locked it before leaving the property for their safety. A gunfight then ensued between Ruth and two officers outside. Ruth wounded a sheriff's deputy before police shot the gunman to death, Barker said.

A gunman opened fire Wednesday on five police officers in the eastern US state of Pennsylvania, killing three and seriously injuring two before he was killed at the scene, a senior police official...

"They were there to follow up on an investigation that began yesterday," Paris told reporters at a press conference, describing the case as "domestic-related"

The suspect accused of shooting at a farm in rural York County on Wednesday, killing three Pennsylvania police officers, was being sought on multiple charges.

The violence erupted Wednesday afternoon as officers sought Matthew James Ruth in a domestic situation that began a day earlier.