Trooper David Kedra
Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Biographical Info
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 2 years, 4 months
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Date of Incident: September 30, 2014
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Agency Contact Information
Commissioner Frank Noonan
Pennsylvania State Police
1800 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 783-5599
Trooper David Kedra was accidentally shot and killed while participating in a training exercise at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Complex, in Plymouth Township, at approximately 4:45 pm.
During the exercise a live round was discharged and struck Trooper Kedra in the chest. He was flown to Temple University Hospital where he succumbed the injury.
Trooper Kedra had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for just over two years.
CONSHOHOCKEN,Pa.—A Pennsylvania state trooper was accidentally shot during a gun training exercise at a safety facility and later died.
Trooper David Kedra was shot in the chest Tuesday during a yearly training exercise at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Complex in Conshohocken, near Philadelphia, state police said. He’s the second trooper to be shot dead this month following Cpl. Bryon Dickson’s death in an ambush on Sept. 12.
Kedra, 26, was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had been a member of the Pennsylvania State Police since June 2012.
The campus where the shooting occurred has classrooms and training facilities for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians.
The shooting remains under investigation, and state police didn’t disclose many details.
State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said it was with “an extremely heavy heart and deep sorrow” that he announced the death of Kedra, the 96th member of the state police to be killed in the line of duty.
He had been a member of the Pennsylvania State Police since June 18, 2012. Kedra was assigned to Troop K, Skippack barracks in Montgomery County.
“He died serving the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the men and women of the Pennsylvania State Police mourn his loss and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends,” Noonan said.
The campus where the shooting occurred has classrooms and training facilities for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians.
Remembering the fallen 
So sorry for the death of State Trooper David Kedre. Such a sad day to loose a hero. May he rest in peace and always have him in our hearts.