In brief: Shooting suspect still at large
CANADENSIS, Pa. – The suspect in the deadly ambush at a state police barracks in a remote part of northeastern Pennsylvania remained at large for an eighth day Saturday as police appeared to have narrowed their search, largely shutting down the area where he lived with his parents but leaving neighbors with few answers about what’s going on just outside their front doors.
With a helicopter flying overhead, law enforcement officers wearing bulletproof vests and armed with rifles continued their hunt for Eric Frein, 31, now on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
Police released few details about their search of the heavily wooded community in the Pocono Mountains, saying only that they were exercising extreme caution. Late Saturday, authorities lifted a shelter in place order but urged residents returning home to use caution and to stay out of the dense, boggy woodlands where the search was underway.
Authorities say Frein used a high-powered rifle to open fire from the woods near a state police barracks on Sept. 12, killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson – a married ex-Marine with two sons – and wounding Trooper Alex Douglass.
Chrysler, GM issuing recalls
DETROIT – Chrysler is recalling almost 189,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos in the U.S. to fix a fuel pump problem that can cause the SUVs to stall.
But a safety advocate says the recall doesn’t cover enough models, contending the same problem can happen in millions of other Chrysler, Jeep and Ram vehicles.
The recall, posted Saturday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers some 2011 models with 3.6-liter V6 or 5.7-liter V8 engines. Chrysler says a relay can fail, increasing the risk of a crash.
• Separately, General Motors is recalling 221,558 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala sedans because the brake pads can stay partially engaged even when they’re not needed, increasing the risk of a fire.
The recall involves Cadillacs from the 2013-2015 model years and Impalas from the 2014 and 2015 model years.
Search for UV student expands
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Nearly 1,000 volunteers fanned out from the University of Virginia campus Saturday to search for a sophomore who disappeared a week ago.
Volunteers met at the university’s basketball arena before going out in teams throughout Charlottesville to search for 18-year-old Hannah Graham.
“I have two daughters of my own and I would hope that if one of them was missing, everyone would come out as well,” said Marci Stewart, a volunteer searcher.
Police said Friday they have spoken with a man they believe was with her in a bar on the night she went missing but did not have enough information to arrest or detain him after searching his car and apartment.
In an emotional appeal, Charlottesville police Chief Timothy Longo asked anyone who might have seen Graham and the man early Sept. 13 on the Downtown Mall to contact authorities. Longo stopped short of calling the unidentified man a suspect but said police are keeping an eye on him.