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Ambushed Pennsylvania State Police Barracks Reopening To Public

BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police barracks is reopening to the public exactly two months after a sniper opened fire, killing a trooper and seriously wounding another.

The Blooming Grove station in northeastern Pennsylvania has been partially shut down since the Sept. 12 attack.

Police say 31-year-old Eric Frein hid in the woods across the street and used a high-powered rifle to kill Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wound Trooper Alex Douglass during a late-night shift change.

Frein was captured after a 48-day manhunt in the Pocono Mountains. He's not yet entered a plea. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

A police official plans to offer remarks Wednesday morning as the barracks reopens to the public.

Douglass continues to recover. He was transferred this week to an orthopedic hospital in New York City.

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