Man killed after shooting at Pennsylvania cops
HARRISBURG, Pa. — There’s “no doubt” a gunman who fired at police in several locations in the Pennsylvania state capital, wounding one of them before they shot and killed him, was targeting police officers, a prosecutor said.
Ahmed Aminamin ElMofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper, wounding and then pursuing her, Dauphin County Dist. Atty. Ed Marsico said.
“He fired several shots at a Capitol police officer and at a Pennsylvania state police trooper in marked vehicles,” Marsico, flanked by state and Capitol police and FBI officials, told reporters.
The gunfire began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, when a man fired several shots at a state Capitol officer in downtown Harrisburg, striking his car several times and sending one shot “that went very close to hitting him,” Marsico said.
About 20 or 30 minutes later, the gunman fired several shots at the state trooper, striking her once.
The trooper is “doing well,” is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery, Marsico said.
The gunman pursued the trooper to a residential neighborhood, where city and state police encountered him.
“He approached them with two handguns ... firing many shots at those police officers,” and the officers returned fire, killing him, Marsico said.
El-Mofty had ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there, but the motive for the attack was unknown, Marsico said.
The Department of Homeland Security said ElMofty was a naturalized U.S. citizen who was admitted to the country from Egypt on a family-based immigrant visa.
Acting Homeland Security press secretary Tyler Q. Houlton said Saturday that suchincidents “highlight the Trump administration’s concerns with extended family chain migration.”