Alleged cop killer and survivalist fugitive Eric Frein has been arrested in Pennsylvania. His capture was confirmed by Pennsylvania State Police. In a brief statement, state cops said, “We have taken Eric Frein into custody.” The arrest was made at 6 p.m on October 30.
Frein, 31 had been on the run for nearly seven weeks in the Pocono Mountains. He’s accused of killing Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II and wounding Trooper Alex T. Douglass of the Pennsylvania State Police at their barracks in Blooming Grove on September 12.
Here’s what you need to know:
Frein has been on the run since September 12, and cops feared he would attempt to go down in a blaze of glory. According to the FBI, Frein was surrounded on Thursday afternoon and he surrendered. Not shots were fired.
The accused killer was holed up in an abandoned airport hangar. WPVI reporter Chad Pradelli tweeted that Frein had told cops that he was in the hangar for 48 days, but they don’t believe him.
The accused killer was holed up in an abandoned airport hangar. WPVI reporter Chad Pradelli tweeted that Frein had told cops that he was in the hangar for 48 days, but they don’t believe him.
Fox 29 reporter Jennifer Joyce says that Frein was caught as he was walking back to the hangar, he was unarmed at the time. A bomb squad cleared the hangar before it was searched by cops. Inside, police found “high-powered weaponry,” reports the AP.
Frein was shackled with the handcuffs that belonged to the officer he killed, and he was transported in that officer’s patrol car. The suspected killer spent the night in a cell in the Blooming Grove barracks, seven weeks after he’s believed to have shot two state police there.
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