FBI most wanted caught

The suspect in an ambush of two police officers, in which one was fatally shot, was captured late on Thursday after seven weeks on the run.

Eric Frein, was added to the FBI's most wanted list last month after he allegedly shot dead Corporal Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglasson on September 12 outside the Blooming Grove Barracks in the US state of Pennsylvania.

The 31-year-old Frein, who was taken into custody after giving himself up, when he was surrounded by US marshals near an abandoned airplane hangar, could now face the death penalty.

"He did not just give up because he was tired," said state police commissioner Frank Noonan, "He gave up because he was caught."

FBI most wanted

During the seven-week manhunt, the FBI offered a reward of up to $100,000 (79,348 euros) for information leading directly to the arrest of Frein, who police had described as a survivalist who was armed and extremely dangerous.

"Eric Frein had a mission and that was to attack law enforcement," Noonan, told a news conference late on Thursday. "If he got out of those woods, we were very concerned he would then kill more law enforcement, if not civilians."

Throughout the 48-day search, tensions remained high among residents, who were warned to stay indoors. Schools in the area were also closed.

Anti-law enforcement views

Trackers uncovered several items in the dense woodland which were believed to have been hidden or abandoned there by Frein, including empty packs of Serbian cigarettes, an AK-47-style assault rifle and ammunition, and a journal that offered a chilling account of the ambush and his subsequent escape into the woods.

Frein, who had expressed anti-law enforcement views online and belonged to a military re-enactors group, where he played the role of a Serb soldier, is now charged with first-degree murder and various other offenses, including two counts of possession of weapons of mass destruction filed after police discovered the pipe bombs.

ksb/pfd (Reuters, AFP, AP)