Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot in Franklin County out of hospital

The second Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot last week in Franklin County was released from WellSpan York Hospital on Monday.

Lucas Amarose, 31, is one of two troopers injured in the incident that began with the pursuit of retail theft suspects near Chambersburg and ended with a shootout at Exit 3 of Interstate 81 south of Greencastle.

“WellSpan York Hospital is pleased to share that the remaining individual in our care related to the shooting in Franklin County last week has been treated and released from our care this afternoon,” a news release announced.

Amarose and his fellow trooper Thomas Pack, 23, were flown to York after being shot with a .40-caliber handgun wielded by Lamar Foy, 31, of Baltimore.

Pack was released on Oct. 9 to recover at home, Col. Christopher Paris, Pennsylvania State Police commissioner, announced at a press conference about the incident.

Foy was shot and killed by a third trooper, it was explained at the press conference. He was driving the van associated with the retail theft at Dick’s Sporting Goods reported at 6:11 p.m.

Police pursued the van, which was stopped with spike strips at Exit 3. Two women in the van Amir Loren Swift, 21, and Giani Jaida McGowan, 21, both of Baltimore, complied with troopers’ demands to get out of the vehicle, but Foy did not and started shooting, according to police.