Police Targeted in Harrisburg, PA Shooting Spree by Gunman with ‘Ties to Middle East’

Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty was identified by Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico at a late Friday night press conference as the man who was shot and killed in a shootout with police after he fired on officers in several attacks targeting police in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Friday. Marsico said El-Mofty, 51, had ‘ties to the Middle East’ and had recently traveled there. One officer was wounded but is expected to make a full recovery. Marsico said of El-Mofty, “it was no doubt that he was directly targeting police officers.”