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WEBVTT HOW SHE IS DOING. >> PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 FIRST BROKE THIS STORY WHEN WE INFORMED YOU ABOUT 32-YEAR-OLD SCOTT MANG PULLING A GUN ON HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE ON MONDAY IN THEIR PLUM BOROUGH HOME. IT’S ALL DETAILED HERE IN THIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO MANG’S WIFE AND HIS DAD AFTER THIS ALL UNFOLDED. OVER THE PHONE, HIS WIFE TOL PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4, "RIGHT NOW I AM GETTING MYSELF TOGETHER. I AM NOT MAD, I AM NOT ANGRY, AND I HOPE MY HUSBAND GETS THE HELP HE NEEDS." OUR NEWS TEAM ALSO REACHED OUT TO SCOTT MANG’S FATHER. HE SAYS THE FAMILY IS SEARCHING LEGAL OPTIONS NOW. THEY DO HAVE A LAWYER AND THEY’VE NOT TALKED TO MANG’S WIFE. AGAIN, SCOTT MANG IS A STATE TROOPER IN THE GREENSBURG BARRACKS. HE’S THE ONE WHO PULLED THE GUN AFTER FIRST BREAKING INTO THE BATHROOM WHERE HIS WIFE WAS, AND THEN BREAKING INTO THE BEDROOM WHEN SHE WENT THEIR TO ESCAPE HIM. THE GUN BELONGS TO HIS WIFE. MANG IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING TERRORISTIC THRE

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A Pennsylvania State Trooper is suspended without pay pending resolution of the charges against him after he was arrested after a domestic dispute in which he allegedly threatened his wife with her own gun at their Plum home early Monday morning, according to a criminal complaint.Scott Richard Mang is charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of unlawful restraint, terroristic threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, the complaint shows.Mang's wife told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 over the phone:Right now I am getting myself together. I am not mad, I am not angry, and I hope my husband gets the help he needs.Pittsburgh's Action News 4's also talked to Mang's father who said the family is seeking legal options and they do have a lawyer. The family has not made contact with Mang's wife as of Wednesday morning.Plum police said they were called to the Mangs' home on Douglas Fir Drive shortly before 2:10 a.m. on Monday and spoke with Danielle Mang, who told them that she and her husband were watching football and drinking alcohol before they decided to go to bed."Danielle stated she was upset the actor was 'screwing around' in the bathroom. Later, the victim was using the bathroom when the actor broke the bathroom door down," the complaint said. "The victim then went to the bedroom, locked herself in the bedroom and stated she would call 911. The actor soon broke that door down and took the victim's phone from her."The actor then took Danielle's Glock 19 from the nightstand and told her if she called that 'we would both be dead,' at which time the actor pointed the firearm at the victim and then at himself."Mang's wife ran to a neighboring home and called 911, police said in the complaint.Officers who responded to the couple's house found that the bedroom and bathroom doors had been "knocked off the hinges," and that "many other items were damaged throughout the bedroom," according to the complaint.Scott Mang was in the entryway of the home when police arrived, and he was taken into custody without incident, the complaint said.Mang is assigned to Troop A, Greensburg, and enlisted in the state police in 2011.