A manhunt was underway in western Pennsylvania early Saturday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a rookie police officer Friday night in a town outside Pittsburgh.
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
Officer Brian Shaw had been with the New Kensington, Pa., police department for less than a year, police Chief Jim Klein said at a news conference, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettereported.
New Kensington Patrolman Brian Shaw shot dead in Fri night traffic stopfoot chase. ATF posts $5,000 reward. CALL 911 pic.twitter.com/CRAal5RWxY
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“I’m asking anybody with any information, as minute as they think it might be, please, please give us a call. We need to find the person who did this,” Klein said, Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV reported.
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