This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. There is a killer on the loose tonight, and police say he is this man, eric frein, charged with ambushing two Pennsylvania State troopers last fridays night, shooting them with a rifle. One was killed. The other remains in critical condition. The Police Describe frein as a selftrained survivalist with a grudge against Law Enforcement who has talked about committing mass murder. Hundred of officers have looking for him in a heavily wooded area of pennsylvania, and don dahler is following the hunt. Don. Reporter yes, scott, this is the rugged terrain these searchers are having to make their way through. It has thick underbrush, hills and she its heavily wooded, and the man theyre looking for is said to be very familiar with these woods. He is heavily armed and extremely dangerous. Wearing full camouflage and body armor, grimfaced officers geared up for a sixth day of searching the dense forest. Today, they hunt a man wh
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition firefighters who are out in force tonight, where there are 11 large wildfires burning. In the town of weed, more than 100 buildings have been destroyed. Throughout the state, nearly 200,000 acres had burned. John blackstone shows us what the crews are facing. Reporter it is one of the worst combinations for firefighters bonedry timber, rugged terrain, hot and windy weather, and homes scattered in the forest. This one, called the king fire east of sacramento, exploded cr overnight threatening more than 1,600 homes. Holy moly reporter fueled by Late Afternoon wind gusts and dry brush, the fire ran up steep suntain sides and into deep canyons. Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to slow the blaze, eventually holding the fire from jumping over the main road, highway 50. Captain barbara rabisky, is with the u. S. Forest service. It is the end of summer, but fire season is far from over. A
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