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WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — About 1,200 people were summoned to appear for jury selection Thursday in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks.
Eric Frein, 33, could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack in northeastern Pennsylvania that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. An initial batch of more than 100 potential jurors was due at the courthouse for jury selection Thursday in Chester County, outside Philadelphia. After the jury pool is whittled down, potential jurors will be questioned individually. Continue reading “Trial set to begin for alleged gunman in barracks ambush”