(18 Sep 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
York County, Pennsylvania – 17 September 2025
1. Mid exterior of WellSpan York Hospital
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner:
"I’m going to address you this evening concerning a critical incident that has rocked the community here in York County this afternoon. The incident occurred in Coduras Township, York County."
3. Wide exterior of WellSpan York Hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner:
"We would like to advise the community that there is no current active threat. The situation today involved law enforcement officers who were shot. I can confirm that the shooter is dead. I can confirm that there were five law enforcement officers who were shot today, three fatally, two that were transported here to WellSpan in York. They are currently listed in critical but stable condition."
5. Close of WellSpan Health sign
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner:
"Our hearts and prayers go out to them, to the families of the deceased and the families of those officers who were wounded. There are simply no words that I can offer to assuage the grief that this community has experienced and unfortunately will continue to experience. The grief will be unbearable, but we will bear it."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Josh Shapiro, (D) Pennsylvania:
"This kinda of violence isn’t OK. We need to do better as a society. We need help the people who think that picking up a gun, picking up weapon is the answer to resolving disputes. We need do better when it comes to mental health. We need better when comes to looking out for those who are in need. So we don’t have to deal with tragedies like this."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel E Carney, WellSpan Health:
"We received two gunshot wound victims from the scene. We immediately took them to the OR. They are both in critical but stable condition currently."
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STORYLINE:
Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.
The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic situation that began the previous day.
“This is an absolutely tragic and devastating day," Gov. Josh Shapiro said. “We grieve the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, who served this Commonwealth, who served this country.”
“This kind of violence is not OK. We need to do better as a society," Shapiro said at a news conference.
It was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century. In 2009 three Pittsburgh officers responding to a domestic disturbance were ambushed and shot to death by a man in a bulletproof vest.
“The grief will be unbearable but we will bear it,” said Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris, who pledged a full, fair investigation.
The shooting erupted in the area of North Codorus Township, about 115 miles (185 km) west of Philadelphia, not far from the Maryland line, authorities said.
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