Both troopers were in stable condition, according to state police. An EMT was injured and two people were killed during the incident.

When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward.

Two Pennsylvania state troopers were shot in an ambush responding to a call in Susquehanna County on Thursday morning, and the suspected gunman is dead, authorities said. Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins suffered serious injuries and were airlifted to a local hospital,