Lower Swatara Township officers Timothy Shea and Joshua Malott received Dauphin County’s highest honor, the Medal of Valor, on Wednesday night.
Shea and Malott were called to a domestic dispute late on Oct. 14, 2019, on Bentley Lane, a trailer park off Vine Street near the Middletown Line, and were almost immediately met with gunfire, officials have said of the hours-long standoff. Lower Swatara Township chief Jeffrey Vargo said a woman was being held against her will and the officers were able to successfully rescue her.