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NEW FLORENCE, Pa. —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A 31-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with the shooting death of a veteran Pennsylvania police officer.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Reviewreports that the suspect, who authorities have identified as Ray Shetler Jr., was arrested after a six-hour manhunt about 3 a.m. walking near a power plant outside of New Florence.
The officer who was killed has been identified as St. Clair Township Officer Lloyd Reed.
Police were called to a domestic situation in New Florence shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday. Reed was shot and taken to Conemaugh Hospital in Johnstown. He was pronounced dead there.
Pennsylvania State Trooper Stephen Limani tells the newspaper that Shetler was being treated for a gunshot wound to the right shoulder.
New Florence is 56 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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