A Pennsylvania State Police trooper involved in four fatal shootings — with civil settlements exceeding $3 million — has been promoted to corporal, officials confirmed.
Trooper Jay Splain will assume his new rank effective Saturday, April 12, while continuing to serve in the department’s Member Assistance Program, a confidential peer support unit for PSP personnel and their families.
Latest Fatal Shooting: Lebanon County Arrest Attempt
Splain most recently fatally shot Andrew J. Dzwonchyk, 40, of Jonestown, during an arrest attempt at a home on the 60 block of Ridge Drive in Union Township on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Troopers had responded after Dzwonchyk’s longtime partner — and mother of his two children — reported that he was violating a protection-from-abuse order and refusing to return the children…