Butler Officer In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed

August 24, 2021 12:16 pm

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) – State police say a western Pennsylvania police officer was stabbed multiple times during a struggle with a man who he then shot and killed. Police say the Butler city officer responded shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a man “acting erratically and jumping in and out of oncoming traffic.” State police said the officer struggled with the man and was stabbed, then discharged his department-issued firearm, killing the man. The 27-year-old officer was reported in critical but stable condition at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh. The deceased man was identified as 35-year-old John Ebberts of Butler.  (Photo:  WPXI)