3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting
MARK SCOLFORO and PATRICK WHITTLEUpdated Wed, September 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM CDT
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Police cordon off the area around a shooting involving police officers in North Codorus, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
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Emergency personnel block a road after a shooting involving police officers on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in North Codorus, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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First responders work the scene after several people were injured during a shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in North Codorus, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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1 of 4Police cordon off the area around a shooting involving police officers in North Codorus, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
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NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Three police officers were killed and two were injured in a shooting Wednesday in the southern part of Pennsylvania, state police said.
“We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said.
"This kind of violence is not OK, we need to do better as a society,” he continued.
The shooting erupted in the area of North Codorus Township, about 115 miles (185 km) west of Philadelphia, not far from the Maryland line, authorities said.
“The grief will be unbearable but we will bear it,” Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris at a news conference. “We will not rest until we conduct a full fair and competent investigation into this matter.”
York Hospital said it was treating two people in serious condition and had enhanced security protocols are in place.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi called the violence against police “a scourge on our society." She said federal agents were on the scene to support local officers.
“Please send prayers to the officers and those involved in the shooting in York County,” Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis said in a social media post.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said he was also on the scene. Sunday said on social media he urges “all residents to follow the instructions of local law enforcement” and he is “praying for all involved.”
A local school district issued a shelter-in-place order, though it said schools and students were not involved in the shooting. The order was lifted later in the afternoon. The district said in a statement that authorities “advised us to hold students and staff in our buildings as a precaution while several area roads are closed.”
The medical response unfolded on a rural road in south-central Pennsylvania that winds through an agricultural area with a barn and farm fields.
