DA: Police Justified In Killing After Chase, Gunfire

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania prosecutor has ruled that state troopers were justified in shooting and killing a driver after a high-speed pursuit through three counties ended in an exchange of gunfire last month. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said she reviewed videos, reports, witness interviews and evidence from the scene before making her determination in the Nov. 3 death of 35-year-old Krysten Pretlor of Johnstown. Authorities said Pretlor was wanted in a domestic case but fled when police in Cambria County’s Richland Township tried to serve a warrant, and he then led them on a 45-mile chase into Indiana and Westmoreland counties that reached speeds topping 100 mph.