When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward.

Police say a 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.

Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers are stable after they were shot Thursday morning in Susquehanna County, officials said.Pennsylvania State Trooper Rob Urban confirmed to CBS News that the suspect died and both troopers were flown to local hospitals.