EAST VANDERGRIFT POLICE RAID SUSPECT DIES

The suspect shot in a police raid in East Vandergrift has died.  The Trib reports that 52-year-old Lyle Cessna was awaiting a preliminary hearing in Armstrong County Court on a second-degree felony incest charge.  Court records show that his apartment was surrounded by police at 7 AM on February 14th as State Police and Federal Marshals tried to conduct the raid.  He tried to shoot himself but the gun malfunctioned.  He then turned the gun towards police and authorities fired in response.