Two trucks had their ladders raised as an archway over the road. Firefighters lined the road way with salutes as dozens of police vehicles from around York County escorted an ambulance carrying the body of West York officer who was killed during a hostage situation earlier in the day at UPMC Memorial Hospital.
Read more about the tragic incident that injured several others in the stories below. A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U. Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, carried a pistol and zip ties into the intensive care unit at UPMC Memorial Hospital in southern Pennsylvania's York County and took staff members hostage Saturday before he was killed in a shootout with police, officials said.
Officers opened fire as Archangel-Ortiz held at gunpoint a female staff member whose hands had been zip-tied, police said. Many people are wondering how they can donate and help the families of the two officers who lost their lives over the weekend. More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing in the case against Bryan Kohberger — the man accused of stabbing four students to death in an off-campus home.
Identification of the four people will not be released until the next of kin are notified, and autopsies are pending. Federal officials reportedly arrested 12 people during the weekend raid, despite requesting space to hold Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March. A shooting that police believe was gang-related led to a multi-city pursuit and four suspects being arrested in a quaint Orange County community overnight.
Controversial Hip-hop star Franky Venegas, one-half of the rap duo Island Boys, has added two new crimes to his infamous record. WETM — Police are asking the public for help identifying two people believed to be involved in theft incidents at Walmart in Sayre.
