FAIRFIELD, Pa. — A wildlife conservation officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty in central Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser says the officer was fatally shot Thursday night in Freedom Township, near Gettysburg. Feaser would not release the identity of the officer.

A neighbor told the Gettysburg Times she thought she heard gunshots before police arrived. Soon, dozens of police cars from across Adams County were on the scene.

Police were searching for a blue pickup following the shooting.

Feaser says a game commission officer hasn’t been slain in the line of duty since 1915.