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One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday in Bedford County.
State police said Jacob Wayne Curry, 44, of Duncansville, was fatally shot after barricading himself in a residence and exchanging gunfire with police at 4:14 p.m. Sunday on the 200 block of Burket Drive, Bloomfield Township.
Troopers were initially dispatched for a check on the welfare involving a man at the residence, a police report stated.
When officers arrived on scene, Curry barricaded himself in the residence and discharged a firearm in the direction of state police troopers, police said.
Troopers said a perimeter was set up around the residence, and the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team also responded to the scene.
According to the report, Curry suffered injuries in an exchange of gunfire with state police.
Life-saving measures were performed on Curry before he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
No other injuries were reported, and there was no threat to the public, police reported.
The Bedford County District Attorney's Office and Bedford County coroner assisted at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
Curry was previously detained in October of 2020 for illegal possession of a firearm after he allegedly brandished a .50-caliber muzzleloader at the East Freedom Walmart, according to court documents.
According to the complaint, Curry was taken into custody then without contest after he was allegedly searching for an imaginary person while under the influence of drugs.