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Trooper David Kedra, 26, was shot in the chest at the
Montgomery County Public Safety complex in Conshohocken in the
late afternoon local time, State Police Commissioner Frank
Noonan said in a statement.
Kedra, a state police member since 2012, is the 96th state
police officer to be killed in the line of duty in the
department's history, Noonan said.
He is at least the second trooper shot dead in September. The
department is searching for survivalist Eric Frein who is
suspected of killing one trooper and wounding another in an
ambush at a police barracks on Sept. 12.
Kedra was airlifted to an area hospital, where he was pronounced
dead, media reported.
The public safety complex provides classrooms and training
centers, including a gun range and a "live fire shoot house"
used to train police "in close quarters combat and high risk
entries," the Montgomery County website says.
Kedra's death is being investigated by the state police and the
Montgomery County District Attorney's office, the statement
said.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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