Body found at site targeted in manhunt

Authorities recovered a body from the shell of a house in Arkville destroyed by fire after police raided it in search of a man suspected of shooting three state troopers, one fatally.

Police could not immediately confirm the body was that of Travis D. Trim, 23, whom police had been looking for since a trooper was shot during a routine traffic stop. The other troopers were shot at the house.

“The body was slumped in a doorway holding a rifle,” said Preston Felton, acting superintendent of the New York State Police. Just before the flames erupted, police fired a tear gas canister into the home, Felton said. But officers weren’t sure how the fire started.