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Barracks ambushed in September to reopen

HARRISBURG - State Police announced Monday that Blooming Grove Barracks, which has been closed to the public since the ambush on Sept. 12 that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and critically wounded Trooper Alex Douglass, will resume full operations Wednesday.

HARRISBURG - State Police announced Monday that Blooming Grove Barracks, which has been closed to the public since the ambush on Sept. 12 that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and critically wounded Trooper Alex Douglass, will resume full operations Wednesday.

The alleged shooter, 31-year-old Eric Frein, eluded a massive manhunt in the Poconos for seven weeks but was captured Oct. 30. He has been charged with murder, attempted murder and other offenses.

Douglass was discharged from a hospital a little more than a month after the shooting. - AP