When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward.

A 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two, police said.

Two Pennsylvania police officers have been shot in the northeast part of the state, Governor Josh Shapiro said. The troopers were shot were responding to a call and both were transported to local hospitals, state police told the BBC.