Injuries protecting with tourniquets and trucks in the event of raid

Injuries protecting with tourniquets and trucks in the event of raid

When the state officials Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were commissioned on Thursday morning to check a call for help in a rural area of Northeast Pennsylvania due to shots.

At the end of the day, both should be brought to a hospital in order to recover from gunshot wounds and be praised as a hero, while the investigators described the details of ambalance and a hostage -taking that included the use of a truck, shooting a drone and fear that a propane tank could be transformed into a bomb.

shots and subsequent attack

When the officials arrived at the Tatort 171 at the Thompson Township at the crime scene, they were immediately attacked by a perpetrator with several shots from a rifle. "He used a semi -automatic long weapon, of which he fired several dozen shots during this incident," said the colonel of Pennsylvania State Police, Christopher Paris, and did not want to reveal how far the shooter was removed when he opened the fire. Both officials were injured.

The crime and the reaction of the officials

Before the officials arrived, the suspect, Carmine Faino, 61, a neighbor, Laurie Wasko, 57, shot with a semi -automatic rifle. Wasko's partner who lived with her in the house-which is located on the two-lane street, but several hundred meters from Fainos Haus-reported the incident at 11:17 a.m.

Perechinsky was hit twice, in the chest and in the upper body, while Jenkins was also injured twice - once in every arm. "Your cars in which they had arrived and from which they got out were also perforated by balls," said Paris.

emergency services in use

"It was a tragic and disturbing day for the community here in Susquehanna County and the Pennsylvania State Police," Paris told reporters on Thursday. While additional officials and rescue workers hurried to the crime scene, Perechinsky managed to create a tour of his injured colleague.

A paramedic who arrived in an SUV with immediate use was also shot at. "He had to avoid and avoided from the street and crashed into a tree ... He was able to leave his vehicle and hid for fear that Faino could continue to fire on him," said Paris and explained that the paramedic was injured, but was stable.

The dramatic course

When Perechinsky and Jenkins were pulled out of the shooting range from other officials, the seriously injured Perechinsky was able to stop a truck passing by and instruct the driver to drive the vehicle across the street to protect others from the danger.

While the officials tried to set up a security area, they used a drone that Faino "actively shot off with a firearm," said Paris. In a moment during negotiations with the officials, Faino sat on a propane tank, which aroused the fears that he had tried to convert him into an improvised explosive device.

The outcome of the situation

"We had concerns about other weapons, not just the weapon he used," added Paris. "After a certain time of the negotiation, in which he continued to be a threat, he was shot by members of the Special Emergency Response team. He died."

A motive for the incident was initially not announced by the investigative authorities.

The reactions to the incident

Mike Cotrell, a resident from nearby Jackson Township, said that the police reaction had been unavailable in this rural area. "I've never seen so many ... A armored vehicle drove past, and I've never seen anything like this. There were non -stop police officers and ambulances," said Cotrell.

The reaction of the officials, especially the actions of Perechinsky, who continued to protect others, although he was seriously injured, were praised by state officials. However, the shootout, which led to the death of the armed suspect, triggered a formal investigation by the public prosecutor's office regarding the police operation.

gratitude and demands for clarity

"We are very lucky with the two officials today," said Paris, while both were stable on Thursday evening. "You are very lucky to be alive."

Paris also said that he knew the officials "personally" and described them as "the best thing the state police has to offer". Perechinsky, who has been working for the police for six years, comes from a police family, while Jenkins has been on duty for ten years and has four children.

The public prosecutor is carrying out an investigation into the use of violence, and the officials who shot Faino were temporarily on leave until the situation was clarified. Prosecutor Marion O’Malley said her office would be involved in the investigation. "My main task is to take part in the investigation and to make the decision on the use of violence in this case," she said.

The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, said after a visit to Perechinsky and Jenkins in the hospital that both "represent the absolute best of Pennsylvania State Police". "This morning they went in danger to protect our neighbors - and they saved their life through their actions. We owe them an immense gratitude," said Shapiro in a statement