Search warrant shows handcuff boxes were found in gunman’s truck before deadly York County ambush

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Court documents shed new details regarding the search for a man who allegedly stalked his ex-girlfriend before shooting five police officers, killing three of them.

Northern York County Regional Police (NYCRP) officers were looking for Matthew Ruth for a stalking incident at a home along Haar Road in North Codorus Township on Tuesday, Sept. 16, around 11:30 p.m. Police searched for Ruth for several hours but could not find him.

Ruth was allegedly spotted on a trail camera looking into a home with a spotting scope with what appeared to be an AR-15 style rifle slung across his chest, according to court documents…

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