(8 Aug 2025)
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Thompson, Pennsylvania – 7 August 2025
1. Wide of road closure scene following officer-involved shooting
2. Wide of police officer directing traffic
3. Wide of police lights reflecting on wet road at shooting scene
4. Wide of road closure with law enforcement vehicles at scene
5. Mid of officers at scene with police lights flashing in the background
6. Mid of police officer standing guard at scene
7. Wide of road closure near building
STORYLINE:
Police officers blocked the street leading to where two Pennsylvania state troopers were ambushed and shot Thursday, near the village of Thompson, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
A 61-year-old man shot and killed his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania Thursday and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two and shooting down a drone while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon, police said. The attacker was killed by police.
The boyfriend of the woman who was killed, Lori Wasko, called 911 after 11 a.m. from their home near Thompson to report that shots had been fired, state police Col. Christopher Paris told reporters. Police did not say why Carmine Faino decided to kill 57-year-old Wasko outside her home and then fire at responding troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins.
Faino also fired at police vehicles and at an SUV operated by a responding emergency worker, Paris said. The EMT was injured when his vehicle veered off the roadway and was being treated, Paris said.
Both troopers were in stable condition with serious injuries Thursday night, he said.
The troopers were flown to hospitals for medical care.
Faino had a rifle and did not comply with demands, a state police statement said. He was “ultimately shot and killed during the incident,” police said.
The shooting happened about 5 miles (8 kilometers) north of the borough of Thompson, some 163 miles (262 kilometers) north of Philadelphia.
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