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Man being questioned in police barracks shooting

State police Commissioner Frank Noonan, addresses the media on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 in Blooming Grove, Pa. Two troopers were ambushed outside a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania during a late-night shift change, leaving one dead and another injured, and authorities were searching Saturday for the suspect or suspects, state police said. “This has been an emotional night for all of us” Noonan said.  (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys )  WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
State police Commissioner Frank Noonan, addresses the media on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 in Blooming Grove, Pa. Two troopers were ambushed outside a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania during a late-night shift change, leaving one dead and another injured, and authorities were searching Saturday for the suspect or suspects, state police said. “This has been an emotional night for all of us” Noonan said. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys ) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT State police Commissioner Frank Noonan, addresses the media on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 in Blooming Grove, Pa. Two troopers were ambushed outside a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania during a late-night shift change, leaving one dead and another injured, and authorities were searching Saturday for the suspect or suspects, state police said. “This has been an emotional night for all of us” Noonan said. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys ) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. (AP) – Police say a person of interest is being questioned in the ambush shooting outside a Pennsylvania State Police barracks that left one trooper dead and another injured.

A state police spokeswoman says 48-year-old Jeffrey Hudak was being questioned Saturday morning in the late night attack at the Blooming Grove barracks in rural northeastern Pennsylvania.

State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan says one officer was killed and a second was in stable condition after the shooting during a shift change Friday night. He says one trooper was leaving the barracks and another was arriving when shots were fired.

The names of the troopers were not released.