Update at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 23: Police have identified the suspect as 51-year-old Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty. They say El-Mofty shot at a Capitol Police officer at 3rd and Walnut streets.
Police said he then shot at a Pennsylvania State Trooper at Fifth and Strawberry streets. The Pennsylvania State trooper was slightly wounded.
El-Mofty also fired shots with two handguns at officers at 17th and Mulberry Streets. Officers returned fire and killed him.
Police are looking for any information about El-Mofty. They said he spent time in both Dauphin and Cumberland counties and was recently in the Middle East.
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