Handcuffed suspect who allegedly shot police officer caught after 9 days © Allegheny County Police Department Koby Lee Francis is pictured in a 2017 booking photo released by the Allegheny County Police Department via Twitter. The fugitive accused of opening fire on a police officer while handcuffed was caught Tuesday following a nine-day manhunt. U.S. Marshals captured Koby Francis in an apartment complex in Clarksburg, West Virginia, around 6 p.m., the authorities said. On Dec. 20, the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Police Department said officers handcuffed Francis, 22, from behind and drove him in a police SUV on suspicion of violating a protective order. Francis allegedly got his hands in front of him during the drive to the station and ambushed Officer Gerasimos Jerry Athans, 32, as the officer opened the door, according to the Allegheny County Police Department. Francis allegedly had a gun on him that was not removed during the arrest, police said.MORE: Handcuffed su
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Handcuffed suspect who allegedly shot Pennsylvania police officer caught after nine days
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By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News
(CLARKSBURG, W.Va.) The fugitive accused of opening fire on a police officer while handcuffed was caught Tuesday following a nine-day manhunt.
U.S. Marshals captured Koby Francis in an apartment complex in Clarksburg, West Virginia, around 6 p.m., the authorities said. On Dec. 20, the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Police Department said officers handcuffed Francis, 22, from behind and drove him in a police SUV on suspicion of violating a protective order.
Francis allegedly got his hands in front of him during the drive to the station and ambushed Officer Gerasimos “Jerry” Athans, 32, as the officer opened the door, according to the Allegheny County Police Department. Francis allegedly had a gun on him that was not removed during the arrest, police said.
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The search for a man shown in video shooting a suburban Pittsburgh police officer while handcuffed stretched into its second week Sunday as authorities announced the arrests of four people accused of helping him avoid being captured.
The suspect, Koby Francis, 22, has managed to elude arrest for a full week since the shooting of Officer Gerasimos Jerry Athans, 32, outside the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Police Department. A $15,000 reward is being offered for Francis s arrest, and an all-hands-on-deck search for him has spread out to multiple states.