Pittsburgh-PA State Trooper Shot/LODD 12-12-05

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Date: 12-12-05

Time: 0230hrs

Location:In the parking lot of Extended Stay America- 520 North Bell Ave, Carnegie PA (off Exit 1B of I-279/"Parkway West", near Pittsburgh)

Departments: Pennyslvania State Police, Carnegie Police, Pittsburgh Police

Description: Officer Cpl. Joseph Pokorny, 45 years old and a 22 year vetran of the Pennsylvania State Police, was found by a Carnegie Borough PD officer who, while on routine patrol, noticed him parked with his door open, slumped over the wheel of his patrol car in hotel parking lot near the highway he was patrolling and has just completed a traffic stop on. The Carnegie officer found PO Pokorny shot multiple times, with his weapon missing from his holster. PO Pokorny was assigned to Troop B, Pittsburgh where he served as a Patrol Supervisor.

Writer: x635

1300hrs: PD has 2 possible suspects, 1 male and female, in custody after standoff/raid at a residence on the south side of Pittsburgh, 5 miles from the scene. Police are still looking for a black 2001 Mercury Sable, Pennsylvania license plate FXE-6527.

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PA State Police Press Release