BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. — A trooper wounded in a deadly September ambush outside his barracks is home for a holiday visit.

Trooper Alex Douglass has left a rehabilitation center to spend Christmas with family in Lackawanna County.

Lt. Chris Paris says Douglass is in good spirits but has a long way to go with his rehabilitation in New York.

Douglass has posted a message through his brother’s Facebook page thanking supporters for their well wishes. A photo shows him standing on crutches next to a Christmas tree.

Eric Frein is accused of shooting Douglass in the pelvis and fatally shooting Cpl. Bryon Dickson outside the Blooming Grove barracks on Sept. 12.