ALBANY — Pennsylvania State Police say a sheriff's deputy trying to serve a burglary warrant was fatally shot by a suspect armed with an assault rifle, who was then killed by police.

State police say Berks County Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Pagerly was pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot Wednesday night while trying to serve a warrant on 25-year-old Matthew Connor.

Investigators say Pagerly was part of a fugitive task force trying to serve a warrant on Connor for burglary and weapons charges when Connor fled from his girlfriend's home in Albany Township.

State police say they pursued Connor into the woods behind the home. A shootout erupted after police say Connor refused to drop an AK-47 assault rifle.

NEW CASTLE — A fire official is calling the massive blaze that destroyed a long-abandoned Western Pennsylvania china factory “suspicious.”Fire chief Tom Maciarello said Tuesday’s fire at the former Shenango China in New Castle appears to have started in multiple places.He says the fire quickly consumed 34 acres and calls it “one of the biggest fires we’ve had.” There were still hot spots Wednesday at the plant, which closed about 20 years ago.