The suspect in the shooting death of western Pennsylvania police officer Brian Shaw has been taken into custody.Pennsylvania State Police announced the arrest of Rahmael Sal Holt early Tuesday morning and said a news conference would be held later in the morning to discuss details about the arrest.Holt, 29, shot and killed officer Brian Shaw on Friday, police said.Shaw tried to pull over a Jeep Cherokee around 8 p.m., according to a complaint filed by Westmoreland County Detective Ray Dupilka.The Jeep never stopped and eventually the chase turned into a foot pursuit. Authorities said the 25-year-old rookie officer was shot in the chest while chasing Holt. "Consider Holt armed and dangerous," the Pennsylvania State Police tweeted.Brian Shaw had been a patrolman with New Kensington's police department for less than a year when he was killed Friday night, according to police Chief James Klein.Shaw graduated from the Allegheny County Police Training Academy in 2014, according to a post on the Allegheny County Police Department's Facebook page."Officer Brian Shaw, you were taken from us too soon," the department wrote. "You are in our thoughts and prayers.New Kensington is about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.Authorities had previously put up a $55,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest, according to a Pennsylvania State Police spokesman, with money pooled from multiple agencies, including the US Marshals Service, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — The suspect in the shooting death of western Pennsylvania police officer Brian Shaw has been taken into custody.
Pennsylvania State Police announced the arrest of Rahmael Sal Holt early Tuesday morning and said a news conference would be held later in the morning to discuss details about the arrest.
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Holt, 29, shot and killed officer Brian Shaw on Friday, police said.
Shaw tried to pull over a Jeep Cherokee around 8 p.m., according to a complaint filed by Westmoreland County Detective Ray Dupilka.
The Jeep never stopped and eventually the chase turned into a foot pursuit.
Authorities said the 25-year-old rookie officer was shot in the chest while chasing Holt.
"Consider Holt armed and dangerous," the Pennsylvania State Police tweeted.
Brian Shaw had been a patrolman with New Kensington's police department for less than a year when he was killed Friday night, according to police Chief James Klein.
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Shaw graduated from the Allegheny County Police Training Academy in 2014, according to a post on the Allegheny County Police Department's Facebook page.
"Officer Brian Shaw, you were taken from us too soon," the department wrote. "You are in our thoughts and prayers.
New Kensington is about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Authorities had previously put up a $55,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest, according to a Pennsylvania State Police spokesman, with money pooled from multiple agencies, including the US Marshals Service, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
