A Port Allegany man is dead after a shootout with
Pennsylvania State Police. 42-year-old Chad Setzer died in the exchange of
gunfire. Troopers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Setzer at a
home located at 6147 Route 155 near Port Allegany. Police had been looking for the
man since an incident Sunday in Liberty Township when he allegedly threatened
to kill a man and damaged a woman’s vehicle. McKean County District Attorney
Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer and Pennsylvania State Police Captain Bernard
Petrovsky issued a joint statement last night saying initial reports indicate
that state police were preparing to execute an arrest warrant at the location
when the subject of the warrant and a member of the state police exchanged
gunfire. No other injuries were reported. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
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Joint Statement of McKean County District Attorney Stephanie
Vettenburg-Shaffer and Pennsylvania State Police Captain Bernard Petrovsky:
Pennsylvania State Police out of Punxsutawney and Detectives
from the McKean County District Attorney’s Office are investigating an
officer-involved shooting that occurred on Route 155 near Port Allegany on
August 27, 2018.
Initial reports indicate that state police were preparing to
execute an arrest warrant at the location when the subject of the warrant and a
member of the state police exchanged gunfire.
The subject of the warrant is deceased. No other injuries
were reported. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. The public will be updated
as information becomes known throughout the investigation.
