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"State police trooper shot and killed in a traffic stop, authorities say
Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle. (KYW)
By The Associated Press
Published: Mar. 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM EDT|Updated: 16 hours ago
PAOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said.
Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state’s acting police commissioner, Lt. Col. George Bivens, said at an early Monday morning news conference at Paoli Hospital in Chester County.
The shooter — identified by police as Jesse Nathan Elks, 32, from nearby Honey Brook — then got out of the car, walked a short distance away and shot and killed himself with a pistol, Bivens said.
O’Connor was a 15-year veteran of the state police who was married and had a young daughter, authorities said.
“Anybody you talk to tells you what a great guy he was,” Bivens said."
Did a leftist murder this trooper and then commit suicide? Let's see more of his social media unless it is scrubbed like Hillary's emails.
RIP Trp. O'Connor.