How shootout with Matthew James Ruth happened, according to police

(NewsNation) — At 2:08 p.m., detectives walked up to a door at a home in York County, Pennsylvania. By 2:10 p.m. 4 detectives, one deputy and the suspect were shot. The suspect and three detectives were killed. The other two officers were critically wounded.

What follows is the police account of what happened.

The night before

At about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday night, a woman called police. She said she saw a man outside with binoculars and wearing camouflage. Two officers arrived, finding a black pickup truck parked near the road, but not finding anyone in it or on the property.

The officers went to the house to talk to the woman who called 9-1-1. She was there with her daughter, and they told police that the daughter’s pickup had previously been set on fire in the driveway. The women said t