Biographical Information

Age: 29

Tour of Duty: 2 years, 11 months

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Jay Rougeau was shot and killed 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 Walker Township and then fled into a nearby wooded area where he and Trooper Rougeau were both killed during a shootout. Trooper Rougeau had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for almost three years.