2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack

2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack
2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack
Location	Blooming Grove, Pike County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date	September 12, 2014 ; 10:50 p.m. EDT
Target	Pennsylvania State Troopers
Attack type	Murder by shooting, domestic terrorism
Weapons	.308-caliber rifle
Deaths	1 (Cpl. Bryon Dickson)
Injured	1 (Tpr. Alex Douglass)
Perpetrator	Eric Matthew Frein
Motive	Attempting to start a revolution
Verdict	Guilty on all counts
Convictions	First-degree murder; First-degree criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer; Criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder; Criminal attempt to commit homicide of a law enforcement officer; First-degree assault of a law enforcement officer; Terrorism; Weapons of mass destruction; Discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure; Possessing instruments of crime; Recklessly endangering another person;
Sentence	Death

On September 12, 2014, during a shift change at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Blooming Grove Township, two state troopers were shot with a .308 caliber rifle. One trooper died at the scene and another was taken to a hospital where he recovered. Eric Frein was identified by the police as the only suspect in the case, and led the police on a weeks-long manhunt. He was eventually captured at an abandoned airport hangar on October 30, and charged with terrorism, murder, and attempted murder. Frein was convicted of all charges in April 2017, and subsequently sentenced to death.

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