In late August, a pickup truck sitting in the driveway of a rural Pennsylvania home was set on fire by an unknown culprit. Even though the woman living there suspected her ex-boyfriend of committing the offense, she asked police not to investigate the incident further.
The woman told police she had only dated 24-year-old Matthew Ruth for a short time, he had never been to her house, and she never invited him there, according to York County officials.
After weeks of alleged stalking, officials say, the woman’s home would become the scene of a shootout between Ruth and local law enforcement attempting to serve a warrant for his arrest, culminating in the deaths of the shooter and three of the detectives who were trying to keep the woman safe.
Two other officers were injured in the shooting in North Codorus Township, an area about 115 miles west of Philadelphia, where homes are separated by sprawling farmland, officials say.
Just before midnight on September 16, the woman’s mother called police after a man fitting Ruth’s description was spotted on a trail camera set up outside the woman’s home, according to initial findings from an investigation by Pennsylvania State Police.
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