HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Investigators are working to piece together the chaotic sequence of events that led to a deputy U.S. marshal being shot to death while serving an arrest warrant in Pennsylvania’s capital city, while colleagues are remembering him as the “cream of the crop.”
Christopher David Hill, 45, was killed early Thursday when a gunman opened fire on law enforcement officers serving an arrest warrant inside a Harrisburg home.
Police were on the first floor handcuffing the woman they were seeking to arrest when 31-year-old Kevin Sturgis, of Philadelphia, began firing from the second floor, said U.S. Attorney Dave Freed. Sturgis was fatally shot as he later ran out the front door, again firing at police, Freed said.
Hill died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the county coroner. Another member of the fugitive task force, York City Police Officer Kyle Pitts, also was hit by gunfire, but his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Freed said there were indications that a third officer may have been struck in his body armor, but was not wounded.