(18 Sep 2025)
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York, Pennsylvania – 18 September 2025
1. Wide of memorial with flags and flowers outside Northern York County Regional Police Department honoring fallen officers
2. Close up of floral tributes and an American flag pillow
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Barker, York County District Attorney:
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"Matthew J. Ruth, he is the actor. And this is the only time I will mention his name. After this, he will only be referred to as actor. On September 16th at approximately 11:23 p.m. (Eastern) And we must start there because this began as an incident of domestic violence. There was a call that came in from the mother of his ex-girlfriend, that the actor was spotted on her property with binoculars looking through a window."
4. Close up of flowers and an American flag placed in memorial
5. Mid of memorial sign with message honoring reading (English) "3 have fallen, 2 are fighting, we are praying" and "God bless all of you here at Northern York County Regional" and "This must stop"
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Barker, York County District Attorney:
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"Detective Sgt. Becker, Detective Baker, Detective Emenheiser and 2 other Northern Regional detectives arrived on scene at the location of the incident the previous evening."
7. Mid of floral tributes at a memorial
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Barker, York County District Attorney:
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"Detective Emenheiser discovered that the door was unlocked. Having remembered that the door was left locked by the ex-girlfriend and mother, who were not at the residence because they went somewhere else for their safety, they decided that they were going to go in. The door was opened, and upon immediately opening the door, the actor repeatedly fired at the officers with multiple rounds from an AR-15-styled rifle."
9. Various of a woman paying respects and a close up of flowers at a memorial for fallen officers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Barker, York County District Attorney:
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"Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker, and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were all killed following the brutal ambush that was committed upon them by the actor."
11. Wide of flags at half-mast
STORYLINE:
A suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid at his ex-girlfriend’s home in the rolling farmland of southern Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them, a prosecutor said Thursday
Police arriving at the scene at about 2:10 p.m. Wednesday noticed the door to the home was unlocked even though the ex-girlfriend and her mother had locked it before leaving the property for their safety.
They opened the door and were immediately fired upon by the suspect, 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, who was carrying an AR-style rifle with a suppressor, York County District Attorney Tim Barker said.
He said the suspect fired multiple rounds at the four officers at the door, killing three of them. A gunfight then ensued between Ruth and two officers outside. Ruth wounded a sheriff’s deputy before police shot the gunman to death, Barker said.
Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were the officers who were killed, he said. They all worked for the Northern York County Regional Police Department.
It was one of the state’s deadliest days for law enforcement this century, matching the toll from a day in 2009 when three officers were ambushed by a domestic violence suspect sporting a bulletproof vest.
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