OFFICER DOWN: PA Trooper JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR. age 29, Shot and Killed in Shootout
PA Trooper JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR. age 29, Shot and Killed in Shootout
Monday, June 19, 2023
JACQUES F. ROUGEAU, JR.
Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania
End of Watch Saturday, June 17, 2023
MIFFLINTOWN, Pennsylvania(JUNE 19, 2023)(CNBNEWS)--Trooper Jay Rougeau was shot and killed by a wanted man near the intersection of Swamp Road and Baumgardner Drive in Walker Township shortly after 3:00 pm.
At about 11:00 am, the subject had entered the parking lot of the Pennsylvania State Police's Troop G, Lewistown Station and shot several patrol cars using a large caliber hunting rifle. The man fled the scene and called 911 several times as they searched for him.
The man then shot and critically wounded a Pennsylvania State Police lieutenant in Mifflintown Borough at about 12:45 before fleeing again. Shortly before 3:00 pm, the man was located in a shopping center in Walker Township and fled into a nearby wooded area where he and Trooper Rougeau were killed during a shootout.
Trooper Rougeau had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for almost three years.
BIO
- Age 29
- Tour 2 years, 11 months
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
INCIDENT DETAILS
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
According to Pennsylvania Pressroom, the two Pennsylvania State Police Troopers shot yesterday in Juniata County were identified by PSP today. Tpr. Jacques F. Rougeau Jr. was killed and Lieutenant James A. Wagner was wounded in separate encounters with the same shooter.
Tpr. Rougeau was assigned to Troop G, Lewistown Station, and enlisted in the PSP in June 2020 as a member of the 160th cadet class. Upon graduation, he was assigned to Troop J, York, before transferring to Troop G, Lewistown in March of this year. He was 29 years old. He becomes the 104th member of the PSP to make the ultimate sacrifice by giving his life in the line of duty.
Lieutenant Wagner is currently listed in critical condition at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Lt. Wagner, age 45, is assigned as the station commander at the Troop G, Bedford Station. He enlisted in the PSP in September 2002.
"This is a tragedy for the Pennsylvania State Police," said Colonel Christopher Paris, Commissioner of the PSP. "We ask for your continued prayers for our Troopers and their families."
The shooter, identified as Brandon Stine, age 38, of Thompsontown, Juniata County, was killed in an exchange of gunfire after the shootings. He initially arrived at Troop G, Lewistown Station, around 11:00 a.m. armed with a rifle and fired shots at patrol vehicles in the parking lot, leading to the search for him.
Anyone interested in donating to assist the troopers' families can send a check to the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) at 3625 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110. The check should be made out to the "Survivor's Fund," with the trooper's name written in the "memo" portion of the check.
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