
06/19/2023
Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau, Jr.
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 12:45 pm the subject had entered the parking lot of the Pennsylvania State Police's Lewistown Barracks and opened up on troopers, wounding a State Police lieutenant. During the subsequent manhunt, Trooper Rougeau located the subject in a wooded area and the two exchanged gunfire. Trooper Rougeau and the man were both killed in the shootout.
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.