FREEMANSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer slain while responding to a domestic disturbance in a small eastern Pennsylvania borough had pointed a stun gun at two dogs before being shot.
The Morning Call of Allentown reports Freemansburg police Officer Robert Lasso had pointed at the attacking dogs when the homeowner pulled out a shotgun and fired the fatal blast Thursday evening.
Court documents indicate the alleged gunman, 46-year-old George Hitcho Jr., had told Lasso to get off his property.
Hitcho is being held without bail in Northampton County Prison and was arraigned early Friday on one charge of criminal homicide.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered flags in the Capitol complex and in Northampton County to be flown at half-staff to honor Lasso.