State troopers shot after chase
Suspect killed after gunfight with police
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A Pennsylvania state trooper remained hospitalized in serious condition Thursday and another was treated and released after both were shot multiple times by a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store before leading police on a high-speed chase, investigators said.
The suspect, Lamar Lorenzo Foy, 31, was shot and killed when troopers returned fire Wednesday evening, Pennsylvania State Police said.
State police officials described a fierce gunfight in which Foy, a resident of Baltimore, began firing at troopers from inside the van he was driving after officers broke the driver's side window. He then emerged with a stolen .40-caliber handgun and attempted to chase down the troopers, they said.
Trooper Thomas Pack, 23, was recovering at home, state police Col. Christopher Paris said during at a late afternoon news conference. Trooper Lucas Amarose, 31, was in surgery for several hours Thursday, Paris said.
"I can't say enough about how they performed during this incident," Paris said, also praising the other officers, first responders and a passerby doctor who rendered aid. Both troopers were "in very good spirits" while at the hospital Wednesday night, he said.