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The Butler police officer was responding to a report of a “male acting erratically and jumping in and out of oncoming traffic” just before 7 a.m. Butler is a city just north of Pittsburgh. He came across the suspect “immediately” upon arriving at the scene and the pair began to struggle,” the Pennsylvania State Police said in a press release.
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“During the struggle the officer was stabbed multiple times,” police said. “After being wounded, the Butler city Officer discharged his department issued firearm, striking and fatally wounding the male.”
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The wounded officer was rushed via helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital, where he was in critical but stable condition and underwent surgery. Authorities described him as a 27-year-old U.S. Marine Corps. veteran with three years on the job with the police department.
The suspect was identified as John Ebberts, a 35-year-old Butler man. State police, the local district attorney’s office and the coroner’s office are investigating.
