Pennsylvania Cop Shot Dead by Man Described as Reclusive Survivalist
The suspect who shot and killed a Pennsylvania police officer and wounded a second policeman over the weekend died himself Monday in a gunfight with lawmen who surrounded his house in Webster, Pa.
Eli Franklin Myers III, 58, died in a hail of gunfire after he exited his home on Logan Street, firing a large-caliber handgun at Special Response Team officers who had identified him as the suspect in the deadly police shooting the previous night.
East Washington police officer John David Dryer, 46, of Claysville, Pa., died two hours after being shot in the head at point-blank range after stopping a vehicle driven by Myers on Interstates 70-79 in Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania late Sunday, authorities said.