When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward.

Carmine Faino had already taken the life of his neighbor when he ambushed Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins in Thompson, Susquehanna County, wounding both. Faino was ultimately shot

Officials say the gunman, Carmine Faino, 61, shot and killed neighbor Lori Wasko, 57, in front of her home. He then opened fire on state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins III, who responded to the scene shortly before 11:30a.