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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Pennsylvania Trooper, kidnapper die in mountain highway shootout


Trooper, kidnapper die in mountain highway shootout

By Associated Press SWIFTWATER, Pa. (AP) - A man who kidnapped his 9-year-old son in northeastern Pennsylvania led police on a 40-mile chase that ended in a crash and an exchange of gunfire that killed him and a state trooper, state police said Monday. Another trooper was wounded, but the boy was not shot.

The chase Sunday night began outside Easton in the Pocono Mountains and ended just east of Tobyhanna when the suspect crashed his car, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Harry Lewis. He said the suspect and police then traded gunfire.

The 31-year-old suspect, whose name was not released, died at the scene, state police said.

Trooper Joshua Miller, 34, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, where he died of his gunshot wounds, police said. His colleague, 35-year-old Robert Lombardo, was listed in satisfactory condition at Community Medical Center in Scranton.

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