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Wiz Imp

(7,210 posts)
43. I live in Harrisburg, about 38 miles from the location where this happened.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 03:11 PM
19 hrs ago

To be fair, this has dominated the local news over the past couple days. Note that York County, where this happened is extremely right wing/MAGA except for York City. The rest of the county is red as can be. Trump won over 62% of the vote in the county as a whole.
https://www.abc27.com/local-news/york/man-stalked-family-before-brutal-ambush-of-york-county-police-da-says/amp/

The family grew suspicious Ruth had been entering their property after an unknown suspect set his ex-girlfriend’s truck on fire in August, Barker said. After that incident, the family placed a trail camera on the property’s driveway.

Around 11:23 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, Barker said the mother of the ex-girlfriend called police to report that camera captured Ruth on their property wearing a camouflage outfit and looking through a scope into their property. Barker said Ruth had an AR-15 style rifle slung across his chest in the still frame.

The evidence from that night led police to charge Ruth with misdemeanor stalking and loitering and prowling at night. Detectives went to Ruth’s home the next day and interviewed his family after he was not there. They then went to the ex-girlfriend’s home, where the family was not staying because of safety concerns, to continue the investigation.

Detectives and a York County deputy sheriff noticed the home’s front door was unlocked, which it should not have been, and entered. Barker said Ruth immediately opened fire, killing three detectives. Prior to the arrival of law enforcement, Barker said Ruth also shot and killed the family’s dog. “Make no mistake about it, and this I can conclude by all reasonable inferences from all information without speculation, had they arrived home and not Northern York County Regional Police Department officers, they would’ve been killed immediately by the actor,” Barker said.


Police were attempting to serve an arrest warrant with multiple charges against Ruth, including misdemeanor stalking, misdemeanor prowling at nighttime and summary criminal trespass.

From Reddit: I found his FB and the only ideological content he has public is anti-vax/mask garbage. Also liked Joe Rogan and dude podcasts. Shocking, I know.

For those interested in the York County DA's press conference, it can be found here:
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I live in Harrisburg, about 38 miles from the location where this happened. Wiz Imp 19 hrs ago #43
But Daily mail 2nd page story without picture of the perp BlueWaveNeverEnd 18 hrs ago #44
The mainstream national news have covered it Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #45
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