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Last updated on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
(CANADENSIS, PA.) - A National manhunt is under way for an anti-cop “survivalist” with mass-murder fantasies who is wanted in last week’s deadly ambush of Pennsylvania state police barracks.
Police have released a National Blue Alert - A Blue Alert spreads important information about law enforcement officers hurt or killed in the line of duty in an attempt to make catching the perpetrators.
Police said the sharpshooter 31-year-old Eric Matthew Frein, of Canadensis, Pa. is armed with an AK-47 and a .308-caliber rifle with a scope, and his father told investigators he "doesn't miss."
Arrest warrants were issued for Frein for the Friday night shooting that killed one trooper and left another critically wounded.
He is described as a white male, 6"1' tall and 165 pounds. If seen call 911.
"He is at large and he is considered armed and extremely dangerous," Commissioner Frank Noonan said. "He has been described as a survivalist...He has made statements about wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also about wanting to commit mass acts of murder."
Frein opened fire with a .308-caliber rifle on the state police's Blooming Grove barracks late Friday. 38-year-old Cpl. Bryon Dickson, who was walking toward his car at the end of a night shift, was killed. Trooper Alex Douglass was shot as he came to Dickson's aid before the suspect slipped off into the thick forest surrounding the barracks.
A man walking his dog Monday spotted a green Jeep Cherokee slightly submerged in a swampy area near the barracks and called police, who found Frein's ID inside -- along with shell casings, empty rifle cases, military gear and camouflage face paint.
Police said the shell casings in the car and casings found at the home Frein shared with his parents matched the ones from the barracks shooting.
"He's expressed anti-government leanings in the past, especially toward law enforcement, and he has survivalist training," the commissioner said.
The search warrant says that Frein's father, a retired Army major, taught his son how to shoot. He was a member of his high school rifle team and "doesn't miss."
More than 200 law enforcement officials are combing the rural area of northeastern Pennsylvania marked by dense forests, but police have no idea where he is.
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