On Saturday around 4:00 p.m. at the Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road, Sergeant Philip Dale Nix was shot after witnessing a crime and approaching the suspects.
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According to police, this happened on U.S. 52 near Motor Road at mile marker 113 heading north at 4:50 a.m. Police said the right lane is closed near Exit 113.