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Trooper ambush suspect caught, death penalty eyed
By wvnstv.com- Michael Rubinkam
Published: 10/31/2014

LORDS VALLEY, Pa. (AP) - A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured on Thursday by U.S. marshals near an abandoned airplane hangar, ending a seven-week manhunt that had rattled the nerves of area residents.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Eric Frein, who meekly gave himself up when surrounded, authorities said.

"He did not just give up because he was tired," state police Commissioner Frank Noonan said. "He gave up because he was caught."

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