Fox NewsState police lifted a shelter in place order for residents in an area of northeastern Pennsylvania late Saturday where authorities are searching for the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.
State police spokeswoman Maria Finn said in an emailed statement late Saturday that residents should use extreme caution as they move back into their homes in Barrett and Price Townships. She said police strongly recommend that residents stay inside and not enter the dense woods were officers are searching for Eric Frein.
The self-taught survivalist is accused in last week’s deadly ambush at a state police barracks. Officers are trying to flush 31-year-old Frein out of the boggy woodlands near where he lived with his parents.
The development came a day after gunfire erupted Friday in the area where cops in bulletproof vests were searching for Frein.
The shots were reported around 6:40 p.m. Friday, a Monroe County 911 dispatcher said. Authorities haven’t said if there were any injuries.
Police have been largely silent about the details of their search, including how big of an area they are combing, whether they have the suspected shooter surrounded or how much longer it will be before residents can move about freely.
Police have charged Frein with ambushing Cpl. Bryon Dickson outside a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania on Sept. 12. Frein, a self-described survivalist with a grudge against law enforcement and government, is also accused of wounding another trooper.
As state police appeared to undergo a shift change, an unmarked helicopter flew overhead early Saturday, its lights off.
Frein was placed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list, and hundreds of law enforcement officials have been searching for him in the dense woodlands surrounding his home in Canadensis. Schools in the area were closed again Friday.
Canadensis resident Richard Barry couldn’t get home from work Friday night before the roadblocks went up. Barry said Saturday morning that he heard from family members who were at home and they told him police were going through their yard and the dog was barking.
Worried about his family, he said he preferred to wait it out at the police line in hopes of hearing something rather than staying overnight at the firehouse.
“I’m hoping that sooner or later he (Frein) just says ‘I give up. You win,'” Barry said.
The mountain forest canopy provides cover for anyone who doesn’t want to be found and a suspect has his pick of places to break into and steal food. Pike County, where the barracks are located, boasts more than 14,000 seasonal or recreational homes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
It sure seems to get their undivided attention when a cop gets shot but when citizens are shot the same way it oh well what a tragedy,meet me at the do-nut shop BS! How can ameriKans be so blind as to what is taking place right under their blind phuqing noses? I’m sure the government is going to reign in the militant law enforcement just as soon as Hell freezes over. Our southern border is wide open and no one is stopping that but marshal law,which is what shelter in place really is,is implemented when a cop gets shot. Swat raids on milk farmers and barber shops is all the rage now but the drug cartels have a get in free pass.Be sure to wear your seat belt while driving because they can sure get easy money with that one!
If anyone or groups of people are completely PARANOID NUT CASEs and Control Freaks, its the Police and their political masters.
they’ve created a hostile environment for themselves and now are trying to play “Whack a Mole” on the population when two of their RATS get SCRAGGED. What they don’t realize is everything they are now doing is proving the point of what patriots have been warning about for decades. They are digging their own graves with the general population and they are either too arrogant to care, or too stupid to realize this.
THEY ARE NUTS!!!
They are STUPID!!!!
We’re going to win folks.
What these communist cops fear the most is that constitutional and Yahweh believing men regain control of the government and they be made to pay for their murders, thefts, false witness and TREASON. The communist cops know that they serve evil but they still serve. When and if we regain control of the government then ALL cops should be given a fair trail and if found guilty, (and they all will be), shot or hung. This is why they will fight to the last against all who oppose their evil system. They know it’s over for them if they lose.
WTF! Locking down the citizens? It’s only the police that are in danger. And by their heavy presence are making the area unsafe for the locals. Hopefully some patriot attorney will file a lawsuit over this.