Slain Pa. officer was shot in arm, head, abdomen

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A coroner says a slain western Pennsylvania police officer was shot in the head, arm and abdomen by a man who also died at the scene.

Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha released the autopsy results today on 40-year-old Lower Burrell police Officer Derek Kotecki.

Authorities say Kotecki was shot Wednesday night by 33-year-old Charles Post, who was wanted for attempted murder in another shooting earlier this month.

District Attorney John Peck says Kotecki was among the first officers to arrive at a Dairy Queen where police expected to arrest Post, who had been on the run since an Oct. 2 shooting. Instead, police say Post shot Kotecki before Post either took his own life or was shot by other officers.