HUNTINGDON -- Across the state and the country, people are still mourning the death of state trooper Landon Weaver.
He was shot and killed Friday night after responding to a protection from abuse violation along Bakers Hollow Road in Juniata Township, Huntingdon County.
Flowers still sit at the bottom of the flagpoles at the Huntingdon Barracks. Flags are at half-staff in honor of Weaver, shot and killed at a house on Bakers Hollow Road Friday night.
His alleged killer, Jason Robison, was tracked down after an overnight manhunt and was shot and killed at a trailer Saturday morning.
At a press conference Monday afternoon, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, Col. Tyree Blocker, said Weaver was family.
"Any time you lose a member of your family, it's very troubling,” Blocker said. “And Trooper Weaver was considered a family member."
Gov. Tom Wolf said Weaver was trying to make a life safer and more secure when he responded to Friday night's call.
"It's also a time for all of us as Pennsylvanians to reaffirm our gratitude for what these folks do for us day in and day out," Wolf said.
Neighbors are still shocked at what happened.
"I just never thought back (on) Bakers Hollow Road that anything like this would happen at all," neighbor Andrew Baker said.
Baker lives in between the two crime scenes, and heard the shot that killed Weaver.
He was scared and says it was hard to fall asleep Friday night.
"I was still kind of skeptical of if, since all the lights are off, he could still break into my house," Baker said.
Saturday morning he also heard the shots that killed Robison.
"It sounded like a machine gun that went off, just bam, bam, bam, bam,” Baker said. “It was four shots, and apparently that's whenever they found Jason and killed him."
He says now he has to be more prepared.
"Even though it's a small community out here, anything could happen," Baker said.
But it's important to remember who Trooper Weaver was.
A former teacher of Weaver’s at Central High School in MArtinsburg said he remembers Weaver with a smile on his face, and said he was always destined to get into law enforcement.
"He was compassionate. He was professional,” Blocker said. “He had a good sense of humor and possessed exceptional interpersonal skills."
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