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New York State Police said the suspect, identified as Jason D. Johnson, 34, no address given, was spotted around 4:30 p.m. Thursday and taken into custody near a river bank off state Route 79.
Johnson is accused of shooting Trooper Becky Seager, a seven-year veteran of the New York State Police assigned to the Binghamton barracks.
The incident developed shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when representatives from the state police and Broome County Sheriff s Office responded to 1348 E. Windsor Road in the Town of Colesville to check on the welfare of a person, state police said.
Responding officers reportedly found a man with a long gun who disappeared into the woods. Gunshots were fired in the woods a short time later.
Her injuries are considered non-life-threatening, state police said.
What we know about the suspect in Colesville, Broome County
Johnson is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall and a160 pounds, according to state police. His hair is in a long Mohawk style.
Troopers said Johnson was last seen in the East Windsor Road area near Thorn Hill.
Johnson is considered armed and dangerous, troopers said.
Troopers said Johnson was possibly operating a blue 1996 Ford F-250 pick-up truck, with the New York state license plate HZV7759.
What Broome County school districts, programs are affected
Due to the investigation, the Windsor and Harpursville school districts switched to remote learning Thursday.
The yellow police tape has been removed. The front lawn is empty. And the windows are shuttered; there s no sign anyone is home.
Along this stretch of River Street in Oneonta, not far from the eateries, bars, art galleries and boutiques that help shape the business center of this upstate New York college town, it s a quiet spring afternoon.
On the weathered, sagging slate-colored steps leading up to a century old multi-family house, a small bouquet of pink flowers in purple and green plastic wrap is the only sign of the violence that unfolded here 24 hours earlier.
It began with a domestic dispute, police say. Tyler R. Green, 23, allegedly brandished a knife and attacked a woman at her 48 River St. home. After officers arrived, Green was fatally shot by Oneonta Police Sgt. Ralph Pajerski, who officials say acted to save the life of the child by firing two gunshots at the suspect.