Deadly Pennsylvania Trooper Barracks Ambush Trial Resumes After Eric Frein Released From Hospital
Eric Frein was hospitalized ahead of Day 3 of testimony after a fall in his cell
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Court started late on Thursday in the case against Eric Frein after the defendant was sent to the hospital after allegedly slipping and falling in his prison cell. Frein is charged in a deadly police ambush.
The trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania police trooper in a 2014 ambush at their barracks has resumed after the suspect was briefly hospitalized.
Eric Frein's parents said they were told he fell while brushing his teeth and hit his head.
Testimony resumed Thursday afternoon with Frein in the courtroom. A man told jurors he found the suspect's abandoned Jeep three days after the ambush. Frein had run the Jeep into a swamp shortly after the shooting and fled on foot. He remained on the loose for 48 days before his capture.
Frein faces a potential death sentence if he's convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and critically wounded Trooper Alex Douglass. Frein's lawyer has said his client won't take the stand.
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Jan. 5, 2015: Trooper killing suspect Eric Frein arrives at a Pike County courtroom.
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Oct. 31, 2014: Booking photo of Eric Frein taken in the hours after his capture on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Frein eluded the law for 48 days after he allegedly shot and killed one trooper and wounded another in an ambush at the Pennsylvania at the Blooming Grove barracks for state police.
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Eric Frein arrives at court for his arraignment on October 31, 2014 in Milford, Pennsylvania.
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Onlookers yelled at the 31-year-old survivalist on his way out of court. One shouted, "Are you sorry?" Another, "Why did you do it?"
A team of federal marshals stumbled across Frein during a sweep about 30 miles from the barracks where he allegedly opened fire.
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Sporadic sightings of the fugitive kept entire communities on edge during his weeks on the run.
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It was a nerve-wracking game of cat-and-mouse, considered dangerous enough that school was canceled after potential Frein sightings and one community even canceled Halloween until Frein was found.
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Frein, who is said to be an expert marksman, participated in war re-enactment groups.
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Frein was a member of the Pocono Mountain High School rifle team. A police affidavit said Frein's father, retired Maj. E. Michael Frein, served in the Army for 28 years.
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Authorities said Frein has talked since his capture, but would not discuss what information he revealed.
