State trooper shot and killed upstate

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State trooper shot and killed

Updated: 3/1/2006 4:23 PM

By: Capital News 9 Web Staff

A New York State trooper has been shot and killed in the town of Big Flats, just west of Horseheads. The shooting happened during a bank robbery at the Chemung Canal Trust on Canal Street around 1:30 p.m.

Horseheads Central Schools and Elmira High School districts have been place under lock down.

There are reports that police helicopters and various police units are searching an area of the town near Interstate 86. Big Flats is located near the Pennsylvania line.

It's the second shooting of a law enforcement officer in upstate New York in two days. A New Hartford police officer died Monday night after being shot by a robbery suspect who was later shot and killed by police outside Philadelphia.