The man was taken to UPMC Hamot following a confrontation in Cussewago Township early Friday.

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS — A man was undergoing treatment at UPMC Hamot after he was shot by Pennsylvania State Police troopers during an incident at a northern Crawford County residence early Friday morning.

The 24-year-old man, whose name was not released Friday morning, was shot as he exited a residence in Cussewago Township with a firearm during an incident that began as a reported domestic disturbance on Friday at about 2:35 a.m., state police reported in a news release.

The extent of the man's injuries was unknown Friday morning. State police did not state how many troopers were involved in the shooting or how many fired on the man, and the names of the troopers were not released. The troopers involved were not injured, state police reported.

According to the release, troopers from the state police station in Meadville responded to a residence on Gospel Hill Road in Cussewago Township to investigate a reported domestic disturbance, and after troopers arrived the man barricaded himself in the residence and threatened to harm members of his family. Troopers set up a perimeter around the residence and were in the process of securing a mental health warrant when the man exited the house with a firearm and troopers on the scene discharged their weapons.

State police did not reveal how many people were inside the residence during the incident or if anyone inside was injured.

The troopers involved in the incident were placed on administrative leave under department policy. The Crawford County District Attorney's Office will be working with state police on the investigation into the incident, District Attorney Francis Schultz said.

The shooting is the fourth officer-involved shooting involving state police troopers in the region since January 2018.

Anthony L. LaCastro Jr., 72, was shot by troopers after authorities said he fired gunshots at troopers after they responded to LaCastro's Summit Township residence on a report of gunfire on Jan. 7, 2018. Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri determined following an investigation that the troopers were justified in their use of deadly force under the circumstances. LaCastro was convicted at trial in January of charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault and awaits sentencing.

Matthew D. Orrenmaa, 36, of Conneaut, Ohio, was fatally shot during an encounter with two state police troopers in Girard Township on Aug. 23. Daneri ruled the shooting justified, saying that dashboard camera video and other evidence showed Orrenmaa ran toward the troopers and pointed at them with an item that turned out to be an electric razor.

Keith A. Hawley, 27, was fatally shot in Union City on Dec. 19 by undercover state police troopers working a stolen property investigation. Daneri announced in January that his office's investigation into the shooting determined that it was legally justified, as the trooper who shot Hawley did so in defense of himself and another trooper because Hawley had pulled a gun on the troopers in an attempted robbery.

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