Troopers are continuing to investigate a fatal state police-involved shooting in Barr Township, Cambria County Tuesday night.
State police say that officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant on a man at 7:30 PM at a home on Springer Road. After troopers established a perimeter, the suspect, later identified as 46-year-old John D. Rackovian III, reportedly emerged from the woods and fired shots at the officers. They returned fire and fatally wounded Rackovian.
Cambria County Chief Deputy Coroner Joseph Hribar said that Rackovian died from his wounds, and the manner of death is being ruled as a homicide, which is defined as death at the hands of another.
Members of the State Police Troop A Major Crimes Unit are investigating the shooting along with Cambria County District Attorney Jessica Aurandt. The officers involved have been placed on administrative duty per State Police Guidelines.
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