Hero Cop ‘Ran Toward the Danger,’ Kills Gunman Who Opened Fire at Municipal Building

By The Blaze. A gunman allegedly scheduled for a domestic violence hearing next week opened fire at a western Pennsylvania magistrate’s office Thursday afternoon, police told KDKA-TV.

The man entered the lobby of the Masontown Municipal Building around 2 p.m., police told the station, and added that the shooting took place inside the office of Magisterial District Judge Daniel Shimshock.

But officers from Masontown and German Township entered the lobby and engaged the shooter, KDKA said, adding that the unnamed German Township officer fatally wounded the suspect.

“The German Township police officer ran toward the danger, not away,” District Attorney Richard Bower said in a separate story from the station. “He protected over 30 to 40 people from injury or death.”

Bower added to KDKA that “there were four heroes: [Sgt. R. Scott Miller, German Township Police Chief Dave Hromada, Officer Thomas Obarto], and the officer who engaged the actor and killed him.” (Read more from “Hero Cop ‘Ran Toward the Danger,’ Kills Gunman Who Opened Fire at Municipal Building” HERE)

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Police Shoot, Fatally Wound Fayette Co. Magistrate’s Office Shooting Suspect

By CBS Pittsburgh. Police were called to a shooting at a magistrate’s office in Fayette County Wednesday afternoon.

According to police, the shooting happened inside the office of Magisterial District Judge Daniel Shimshock on East Church Avenue in Masontown.

Five people were shot, including the shooter. One police officer was also among those wounded.

Dozens of people were inside the building at the time, but Shimshock and members of his staff were not injured.

According to police, a male entered the lobby of the Masontown Municipal Building around 2 p.m. and opened fire. (Read more from “Police Shoot, Fatally Wound Fayette Co. Magistrate’s Office Shooting Suspect” HERE)

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