Overview

• Gunfire erupted around 2:10 p.m. in North Codorus Township, York County, as officers served a judicial warrant tied to a domestic-violence and stalking case.
• The suspected gunman has been identified in reporting as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, and authorities are still determining whether his death was self-inflicted or from police fire.
• Pennsylvania State Police are leading an active investigation with on-scene support from the FBI and ATF, and officials say there is no ongoing threat to the public.
• Four of the five officers shot were from the Northern York Regional Police Department and the fifth was a York County sheriff’s deputy, with the two surviving officers treated at WellSpan York Hospital and described as critical but stable.
• The shooting prompted a major law-enforcement response with roads blocked and heightened security at local schools and medical facilities during the incident.