MILFORD, Pa. (AP) – A judge has ordered a self-taught survivalist to stand trial on charges he fatally shot a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounded another during a barracks ambush.
Monday’s ruling came after a daylong preliminary hearing for Eric Frien.
Pike County prosecutors rested their case after presenting several witnesses and surveillance video of the attack.
One trooper testified that bullets from the shooting were fired from a gun recovered at the site where marshals arrested Frein after a 48-day manhunt.
The defense for 31-year-old Frein called no witnesses and offered no evidence.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Frein is accused of fatally shooting Cpl. Bryon Dickson and critically wounding Trooper Alex Douglass Sept. 12 outside their state police station in Blooming Grove.