Mail.comBLOOMING GROVE, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers fanned out across the dense northeastern Pennsylvania woods Tuesday in the hunt for a heavily armed survivalist suspected of ambushing two troopers as part of a deadly vendetta against police.
Eric Matthew Frein, 31, of Canadensis, is “extremely dangerous” and residents in the area should be alert and cautious, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said at a news conference in which he revealed the suspect’s name.
“He has made statements about wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder,” Noonan said. “What his reasons are, we don’t know. But he has very strong feelings about law enforcement and seems to be very angry with a lot of things that go on in our society.”
Frein was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, homicide of a law enforcement officer and other offenses. About 200 law enforcement officials were combing the rural area of northeastern Pennsylvania marked by dense forest, but “we have no idea where he is,” Noonan said.
Police found a U.S. Army manual called “Sniper Training and Employment” in the suspect’s bedroom at his parents’ house, and his father, a retired Army major, told authorities that his son is an excellent marksman who “doesn’t miss,” according to a police affidavit released Tuesday.
The gunman killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson, 38, and critically wounded Trooper Alex Douglass outside the remote post in the Pocono Mountains during a Friday night shift change, then slipped away. Authorities zeroed in on Frein after a resident who was walking his dog in a wooded area two miles from the barracks Monday spotted a 2001 Jeep partly submerged in a pond and called 911. Police found shell casings inside the vehicle that matched those found at the shooting scene, Noonan said.
Investigators also found Frein’s driver’s license, Social Security card, a Pennsylvania Game Commission range permit, camouflage face paint, a black hooded sweatshirt, two empty rifle cases, military gear and information about foreign embassies, according to court documents.
Frein has held anti-law enforcement views for many years and has expressed them both online and to people who knew him, Lt. Col. George Bivens said. Frein’s father, Michael Frein, who spent 28 years in the Army, told police that two weapons were missing from the home — an AK-47 and a .308 rifle with a scope, according to the police affidavit.
Two state police troopers armed with rifles stood in the driveway of the home, a well-kept two-story in a private community, and several cars were parked there Tuesday afternoon. With the gunman still on the loose, residents were jittery. Rich Turner, 52, who lives around the corner, said school buses avoided the neighborhood Tuesday, with parents directed to take their kids to school and to pick them up. All schools in the Pocono Mountain School District will be closed Wednesday because of safety concerns.
“Everybody’s wondering if he’s still out there. Everyone’s on edge, to a degree,” said Turner, who didn’t know Eric Frein but said he had dealings with his mother, who headed the community association.
Lars Prillaman, who manages a small farm in West Virginia, said he knew Frein briefly from their time as military re-enactors. He told The Associated Press he was “saddened by what happened” and that Frein was “a different person eight years ago.”
Prillaman told NBC News that he and Frein were involved in a World War II “living history” group and played Germans, but the group did not permit any neo-Nazis. “I can’t begin to imagine what would have caused someone like him to go down this path,” he told NBC.
Court documents filed Tuesday revealed heartbreaking new details about the ambush. According to the documents: Dickson was shot as soon as he walked out the front door of the barracks. A communications officer heard the shot, saw Dickson on the ground and asked him what had happened. Dickson told her he’d been hit and asked her to bring him inside — but the gunman had squeezed off another round, forcing his would-be rescuer inside.
Douglass, meanwhile, had just arrived at the barracks and was shot in the pelvis as he walked toward Dickson. Douglass managed to crawl into the lobby, where another trooper brought him into a secure area of the barracks. Douglass later underwent surgery at a hospital.
Other troopers drove a patrol SUV into the parking lot and used it as a shield so they could drag Dickson into the barracks and begin attempts to save his life. He died at the scene. A coroner said he had been shot twice.
About 90 seconds had elapsed between the first shot and the fourth and final one.
Rubinkam reported from northeastern Pennsylvania. Sean Carlin in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
Hmm… no comment…
Yes , this does not smell right ! Maybe another failed attempt to direct the herd .
I’m glad that I’m not alone in my gut feeling about this.
If it was dark , who saw this guy shoot?
casing look the same when fired from Calif to New York..ak and 308 casing are all generic.
Obama comes out two days after this happens wanting more gun control.
Now they have brought the survivalist into the mix.. next preppers will be the new demon…
Just wondering how they fixed this guy to the shootings…
I do not believe much of anything from the State run news and LEO…
This story smells real bad. They already have him charged? I call BS!
Every time theres a shooting like this where they obviously don’t have a clue and they don’t want white boys getting the wrong idea you have a suspect that appears out of nowhere then is quickly shot. Cant have the sheeple get restless can we? Its like something out of 451.
Anyone actually believe any of this??? Law enforcement has shown time and again it’s aggressive, money orientated, false charade enabling policies, that would leave any free thinking person to doubt anything that comes from them regarding most situations. Apparently most law enforcement agencies actually goto israel as part of their traininng. Sickening…enough said!
Part of the narrative of a false flag: they will find a “MANIFESTO”. Watch for this.
Report said he left his social security card in his abandonded Jeep.
“I’M GOING TO GO SHOOTING STATE POLICEMEN. WHOOPS! I FORGOT MY SOCIAL SECURITY CARD! I BETTER TURN AROUND AND GET IT!”
“Frein” is a Jewish name. So it’s not “terrorism” because his name isn’t “Mohammed”.
Next up: will they say he’s a ANTI-GOVERNMENT NAZI WHITE SUPREMACIST SOVEREIGN CITIZEN who may be in the “tea party”?
Wait until they find his “MANIFESTO”.
This reeks to high heaven already.
We live near the area where this happened. My friend asked Noonan why he describes Frein as a “survivalist”. The answer: his family/friends said he did “survivalism” as a hobby.
So he abandoned his Jeep complete with social security card, shells linking him to the shooting, every piece of evidence you can imagine.
Did I ever tell you the one about how the “hijackers” left their suitcases, Koran, maps, passports in a rental car at the airport? Or how one of the hijackers’ passports flew out of his pocket, out of the the exploding boeing, out of the “melting” building, into the only part of the sidewalk where there was no rubble or explosions or heat, and an anonymous passerby found it?
Yeah Big Dan, it doesn’t smell right at all. So many indicators pointing to hoax or total setup. Checked Frein name too and I concur. We/PA are next on the state list for heavy disarmament as the cult makes its way from MA, CT, NJ, NY, and now us. I believe the front line has come to us in PA. The bolshevik joo American campaign has begun and is in full effect.
Total BS!!! Like Dan said, I am going to shoot some oinks, so I will use my own vehicle, leave ID in it along with ample evidence I did the deed, yea RIGHT! A survivalist who doesn’t know how to survive for more than five minutes, OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.
Took a few days for the fiction writer to get the story down, didn’t it?
““He has made statements about wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder,” Noonan said. “What his reasons are, we don’t know. But he has very strong feelings about law enforcement and seems to be very angry with a lot of things that go on in our society.””
Police wanted to add: “And we just picked him out of a cracker jack prize. So yea, he’s the one! Let’s roll boys!”
Chief Wiggum must be in charge.
So is this guy their patsy/scapegoat in order to save face from their humiliation?
“residents in the area should be alert and cautious.” Why? Are they in more danger if this guy walks past their house or if an uniformed officer walks by? We know who is more likely to shoot your dog at least.
Haha! Yep.
So I thought they said there was more than one guy (as in “multiple shooters) shooting at the police and that a criminal escaped in the process.
So like the Adam Lanza and James Holmes thing, we have the MSM reporting that now it was only ONE man, again?
Yea, this bedtime story is getting way old. Same story, different characters. Might be time for a new script, don’t ya think?
“Police found a U.S. Army manual called “Sniper Training and Employment” in the suspect’s bedroom at his parents’ house, and his father, a retired Army major, told authorities that his son is an excellent marksman who “doesn’t miss,” according to a police affidavit released Tuesday.”
Guess they couldn’t find his “manifesto”.
Unfrigginbelievable…..
theatre.gov
Haha! I’m actually surprised the government doesn’t have a website labeled that already.