Police Gunman dead, 3 injured after shooting at Western Pa. courthouse

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MASONTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) --

Western Pennsylvania officials say police shot and killed a gunman who opened fire in the lobby of the Masontown Borough Center, about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.

Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower confirmed Wednesday that a German Township police officer shot the gunman multiple times, killing him. Bower says the gunman, who was not identified, was due in court on a domestic violence charge.

He says the gunman entered the lobby off the building just after 2 p.m. with a handgun drawn and exchanged gunfire with a police officer who was injured.

Bower says the gunman then shot two males and one female. He declined to say whether the gunman knew them.

Two victims were flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia by helicopter and another was taken by ambulance.

A spokesman for the West Virginia hospital where the civilians were taken says they are all in fair condition as of about 5:45 p.m.

A Masontown police officer who had received non-life-threatening injuries during the shooting.

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[PATCHMAN]

Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower confirmed Wednesday that a German Township police officer shot the gunman multiple times, killing him. The gunman, who was not identified, was due in court on a domestic violence charge.

The gunman entered the lobby off the building just after 2 p.m. with a handgun drawn and exchanged gunfire with a police officer who was injured.  Bower says the gunman then shot two males and one female. He declined to say whether the gunman knew them.

 

Thank you officer for choosing a profession where you protect your community and your neighbors.  Prayers for your fall recovery.  

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7 hours ago, PATCHMAN said:

Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower confirmed Wednesday that a German Township police officer shot the gunman multiple times, killing him. The gunman, who was not identified, was due in court on a domestic violence charge.

The gunman entered the lobby off the building just after 2 p.m. with a handgun drawn and exchanged gunfire with a police officer who was injured.  Bower says the gunman then shot two males and one female. He declined to say whether the gunman knew them.

 

Thank you officer for choosing a profession where you protect your community and your neighbors.  Prayers for your fall recovery.  

Oh, he knew them, the woman shot was his wife who had filed the charges. She had a PFA on him as well that he violated. The setting of the shooting was not a County seat Courthouse, it was the local Magistrate's Office. I know some of the local Magistrate Offices are "hardened" against projectiles from the outside, from the local news, the glass on the door was shot out and the guy went inside and began hunting the people he wanted to shoot. One Attorney was interviewed afterward stated the guy came into the Courtroom and pointed the gun at him and moved on. He was not involved with his proceedings.

Fayette County is a kind rural and poor County, lots of meth going on there, just north of the WVA border. You might recall earlier this year there was a mass shooting event at a car wash in the area.

Edited September 20, 2018 by ARP