OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BLOOMFIELD TWP

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AN UPDATE INVOLVING THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE NAME OF THE MALE SHOT & KILLED BY POLICE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 44 YEAR OLD JACOB WAYNE CURRY OF DUNCANSVILLE,PA. THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES REPORTED AND THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. PSP WERE ASSISTED ON THE SCENE BY THE BEDFORD COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE BEDFORD COUNTY CORONER. COURT DOCKETS SHOW POLICE HAD FILED 13 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL ATTEMPT-CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AGAINST CURRY BEFORE POLICE SHOT & KILLED HIM. A TOTAL OF 52 COUNTS WERE FILED IN DISTRICT COURT AGAINST CURRY.

AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OCCURRED 10/17/2021 ON THE 200 BLOCK OF BURKET DRIVE IN BLOOMFIELD TWP. AT AROUND 4:14 PM POLICE RESPONDED TO A WELFARE CHECK FOR A KNOWN MALE AT THE LISTED LOCATION. WHILE ON THE SCENE, THE MALE SUBJECT BARRICADED HIMSELF WITHIN THE RESIDENCE AND DISCHARGED A FIREARM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE POLICE. A PERIMETER WAS SET UP AROUND THE RESIDENCE AS MEMBERS OF THE PSP SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS WELL. THE MALE CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE HIS FIREARM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE POLICE AND SEVERAL PSP MEMBERS RETURNED FIRE. THE MALE SUSTAINED INJURIES AS A RESULT AND LIFE SAVING MEASURES WERE PERFORMED BEFORE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.

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