URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (Updated 6:37 a.m. EDT Oct. 31 U.S.A.) Eric Frein, the man accused of ambushing two state troopers under cover of darkness outside their barracks in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, has been captured after a 48-day manhunt, Gov. Tom Corbett announced on Twitter.
Frein, 31, became one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives after allegedly shooting one trooper to death and wounding a second one on Sept. 12.
KDKA, the CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, is reporting that troopers put the handcuffs of slain colleague Cpl. Bryon T. Dickson on Frein when bringing him in.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Frein was captured by the U.S. Marshals Service near or in an abandoned airport hangar in northeast Pennsylvania. Frein, a purported survivalist, apparently hid in the Pocono Mountains after the attack.
#FBI Top Ten Fugitive #EricFrein in custody. Our thanks to the public and our partners. http://t.co/YlYQQsAzWM pic.twitter.com/GcIcNyIby0
— FBI (@FBI) October 31, 2014
Breaking: first photo of #EricFrein in trooper car pic.twitter.com/Uhxd1Yy0MG
— Monica Madeja (@MonicaReports) October 30, 2014