TOBYHANNA — Authorities say a police officer shot and killed a man after a woman was reported stabbed in eastern Pennsylvania during the weekend.
State police say the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department was dispatched to a Coolbaugh Township home shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday when a woman said she had been stabbed.
Police say a man with a knife fled, but an officer found him at the rear of the property and during a confrontation shot and killed him. He was identified as 33-year-old Matthew Miller of Tobyhanna.
State police haven’t provided information about the condition of the woman. The shooting is being investigated by state police and the Monroe County prosecutor’s office.
