State troopers were forced Monday to investigate the death of one of their own.
Nearly a full day after the police chase ended with a wreck along Route 611 near Tobyhanna, the scene still looked as it did the night before.
Daniel Autenrieth's car sat wrecked against the guiderail, boxed in by police cruisers. It's the spot where Autenrieth and Trooper Joshua Miller were killed in a shoot-out and Trooper Robert Lombardo was injured.
"I didn't hear about the trooper until this morning. I was sad that both were wounded and they were pretty young too," said neighbor Morgan Carlson. He was just one of many living along the 40-mile chase route who saw the chase whip by. He lives just up the road from where it ended.
"Oh they were flying. Definitely," Carlson added.
"I just heard a lot of trooper cars and ambulances and I thought,'Oh my. There must be a bad wreck.' Then I said something must be really wrong," said Pete Dailey.
"I couldn't say nothing because I was shook. I couldn't say nothing. I was just shaken and I kept watching out my bedroom window," Pauline Dailey said.
Neighbors were shocked learning a trooper lost his life after what happened along Route 611. They were even more shocked the suspect's little boy was in the car to see all this play out.
They were reminded all day of what happened as troopers marked every detail of the scene, as they documented the all the events that left their colleague and his killer dead.
"We don't need that in Tobyhanna. Tobyhanna's a nice little town. It's a shame something like that had to happen," Carlson said.
It was 20 hours after the crash and deadly shooting when Route 611 when the suspect's car and the police cruiser were towed from the scene.
Nearly a full day after the police chase ended with a wreck along Route 611 near Tobyhanna, the scene still looked as it did the night before.
Daniel Autenrieth's car sat wrecked against the guiderail, boxed in by police cruisers. It's the spot where Autenrieth and Trooper Joshua Miller were killed in a shoot-out and Trooper Robert Lombardo was injured.
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"Oh they were flying. Definitely," Carlson added.
"I just heard a lot of trooper cars and ambulances and I thought,'Oh my. There must be a bad wreck.' Then I said something must be really wrong," said Pete Dailey.
"I couldn't say nothing because I was shook. I couldn't say nothing. I was just shaken and I kept watching out my bedroom window," Pauline Dailey said.
Neighbors were shocked learning a trooper lost his life after what happened along Route 611. They were even more shocked the suspect's little boy was in the car to see all this play out.
They were reminded all day of what happened as troopers marked every detail of the scene, as they documented the all the events that left their colleague and his killer dead.
"We don't need that in Tobyhanna. Tobyhanna's a nice little town. It's a shame something like that had to happen," Carlson said.
It was 20 hours after the crash and deadly shooting when Route 611 when the suspect's car and the police cruiser were towed from the scene.
