Police chief gunned down in shootout with suspect

Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed whereas confronting a suspect on Monday afternoon (Footage CBS/odmp.org)

A police chief was killed in a shootout that additionally left one other officer wounded and the suspect lifeless.

On Monday afternoon, two cops confronted 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan, a person they believed had fled the scene of a visitors cease the evening earlier than.

The confrontation befell round 4pm in Brackenridge, a small city of simply over 3,000 individuals about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.

When the 2 officers approached the suspect, they have been met with gunfire.

Justin McIntire was one in all 4 cops employed by the small city of Brackenridge (Image: CBS)

The slain officer was recognized as Justin McIntire, the Police Chief of Brackenridge. He was one in all solely 4 cops employed by the city.

The opposite wounded was recognized as Jordan Schrecengost, who labored for the Tarentum Police Division, was not named. He was hospitalized after being shot within the leg.

Swan then fled in a stolen automobile. Pittsburgh Police have been capable of monitor the car to the Lincoln neighborhood, the place Swan lead them on a automobile chase. After main police out of the neighborhood, he crashed the automobile and ran off into the woods.

Though cops mobilized to go looking the woods, Swan fled once more – opening hearth on extra cops as he ran.

After taking pictures two officers, Aaron Lamont Swan lead cops on a automobile and foot chase via a Pittsburgh neighborhood (Image: CBS)

Pittsburgh Police shot and killed the suspect, who was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

‘Primarily based on the outline and the circumstances, we imagine that's in reality the suspect we have been looking for within the taking pictures of the officers in Brackenridge this afternoon,’ Allegheny County Police Superintendent Chris Kearns mentioned.

Pennsylvania Legal professional Normal and Governor-elect Josh Shapiro praised McIntire’s actions. ‘Police Chief Justin McIntire ran in direction of hazard to maintain Pennsylvanians secure — and he made the last word sacrifice in service to group,’ he mentioned in an announcement on Twitter.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey additionally mourned Chief McIntire’s dying on Tuesday. ‘Every day we pray that our officers are capable of come house to their households each evening, and final evening serves as a reminder to the hazard they face each day at work,’ Gainey acknowledged.