Shooter rifle identified

According to an LNP article, District Attorney Craig Stedman has identified the rifle used in Friday's shooting as a Savage Model 11 .22-250 bolt action rifle with a scope (similar to the one shown above).


The type of ammunition used in the rifle is described below:

The Australian Special Air Service Regiment used Tikka M55 sniper rifles chambered in .22-250 for urban terrorism duties in the 1980s, in an attempt to reduce excessive penetration and ricochets.[8]

Lancaster DA says he's concerned about rhetoric around police

DA Stedman talks about Columbia shooting.:
http://www.witf.org/news/2016/08/lancaster-da-says-hes-concerned-about-rhetoric-around-police.php

Community leaders stand in solidarity to denounce violence

Community leaders led by the NAACP, including church leaders and local law enforcement officials, stood in solidarity outside Mount Zion AME Church on Tuesday to denounce violence in the community, in response to Friday's shooting incident in which police officers were allegedly targeted.

Those attending included Blanding Watson, Lancaster County chapter president of the NAACP; Reverend Patricia McAllister of Mount Zion AME; the Reverend Charles Deutsch, pastor for Ironville United Methodist Church and head of the Columbia ministerium; Columbia Borough Police Chief Jack Brommer, and Officers Brent Keyser and Troy Engle.

Columbia woman charged with three counts of retail theft

Rhonda Lynn Diehl

Rhonda Lynn Diehl, 44, of Columbia was charged with three counts of retail theft after several recent incidents at Musser's Market in Columbia. 

On Monday, July 25, 2016, Diehl took items from the store and went out through a cashier lane that was not opened. Police identified her through surveillance footage. On Wednesday, July 27, police were called back to Musser's for another retail theft involving the same person. Diehl fled from the store by going out the entrance as someone entered the store prior to police arrival. On July 28, Diehl had sixteen items in her purse and attempted to apply for a job. A source tells the Spy that store personnel set up a fake job interview to detain her until police arrived. 

Diehl was picked up by police that day in the store and was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Miles Bixler.

NAACP in Columbia to denounce violence

Community leaders led by the NAACP - including church leaders and law enforcement officials - stood in solidarity outside a Columbia church on Tuesday to denounce violence in their community, particularly violence against police.

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Columbia police reach out to community

Columbia Borough Police reach out to the community in this LNP article:

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Shooting incident makes it to Police Magazine

News of last Friday's shooting incident made it into policemag.com, an online law enforcement publication.

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