A Sea Of Red

Originally posted yesterday:
Another brother murdered. Senseless.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01 ... -Shot.html

Pa. State Trooper Shot, Killed, Suspect Found Dead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 13, 2010
Filed at 10:53 p.m. ET

CRANBERRY, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania state police believe a man fatally ambushed a state trooper responding to a domestic dispute, and also killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, investigators said Wednesday.

Lt. Col. Lenny Bandy said a man police couldn't see yelled from a window as two troopers responded to a dispute at the home of Michael J. Smith, 44, shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

When the troopers yelled back for the man to present himself, a man they believe is Smith instead fired one shot, striking Trooper Paul G. Richey as he attempted to enter a side door, according to Bandy.

''Trooper Richey did not have a chance to defend himself,'' Bandy said at a news conference Wednesday night. ''He was ambushed.''

A second trooper radioed for backup and other troopers responded and fired multiple shots at the house to provide cover for crews to remove Richey's body from the scene. The trooper was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Trooper Paul G. Richey, a 16-year veteran assigned to the Franklin barracks... [age] 40, of Franklin, is survived by a wife and two young children.

"Trooper Richey sacrificed his life rather than swerve from the path of duty," state Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski said in a statement. "We will not forget his service or his sacrifice."

Man that is senseless. Praying for the officer's family. I hate to see these types of stories especially in PA with you and my brother Syd out there every day. Be safe Medic.

thanks SCAR.

services for Trooper Richey being held this weekend.

http://www.policeone.com/police-heroes/ ... e-trooper/

Community grieves loss of Pa. state trooper
By Luis Fabregas
Pittsburgh Tribune Review

PITTSBURGH — Every Thursday afternoon, Trooper Paul G. Richey would pick up his children, Connor and Catherine, at the after-school program at his parents' church.

Cat, 6, always ran to Daddy. Connor, 11, followed close behind.

"He lived for his kids," said Shirley Robinson of Franklin, a member of East Grove United Methodist Church and daughter of a cousin of Richey's grandfather. "His kids were his life."