Officers upgraded to satisfactory condition after shooting in York Co., Pennsylvania that left 3 other cops dead
The two police officers who were seriously injured in a shooting earlier this week in York County, Pennsylvania , are making progress in their recovery.
Hospital officials said Friday night that the officers were upgraded from critical to satisfactory condition.
The deadly ambush in North Codorus Township on Wednesday left three other officers dead.
Police led a procession on Friday for Detective Mark Baker, Detective Sgt. Cody Becker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser from Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest to York County after autopsies were completed.
All were fathers, leaving behind wives and eight kids combined.
The officers were shot by a suspected stalker who was armed with an AR-style rifle as he hid inside his ex-girlfriend's home.
That suspect, 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, was then killed by police after a shootout.
The gunfire capped a 15-hour ordeal after a trail camera captured an image of the suspect, armed with an AR-style rifle, peering through a scope into the house Tuesday night.
The ex-girlfriend and her mother called the police and then fled the house for their safety after officers dispatched Tuesday night were unable to find him there. Police didn't find him at his own home so arrived back at the house Wednesday afternoon.
Using a drone, six officers scoured the property, including farm buildings, before they noticed the door to the home was unlocked - even though the ex-girlfriend and her mother had locked it before fleeing.
Four plainclothes detectives from the Northern York County Regional Police Department wearing bulletproof vests opened the door and were immediately fired on by the suspect, 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, who was carrying an AR-style rifle with a suppressor, York County District Attorney Tim Barker said.
Barker said he believed that Ruth had planned to ambush his ex-girlfriend before the detectives walked in.
Ruth fired numerous rounds, killing three of the officers at the door and seriously wounding the fourth, Barker said. A gunfight then ensued between Ruth and two officers outside.
Ruth wounded a York County sheriff's deputy before he and another Northern York County Regional officer shot the gunman to death by the road, Barker said.
All three slain officers were long-time veterans of the nearly 70-officer force, with almost six decades of combined service. Baker, 53, had served 21 years after spending time as a police officer in Philadelphia; Becker, 39, had served 16 years; and Emenheiser, 43, had served 20 years.
