The man shot and killed by police following a three plus hour standoff in Hazleton, with the incident beginning in Schuylkill County, has been identified.

State police at Hazleton said Wade R. Meisberger, 48, of Whiteland, Indiana, died during the confrontation with troopers and city police. It ended about 9 p.m. when police shot and killed Meisberger, after he intermittently fired weapons at police over the period of the standoff.

The incident began earlier Monday with U.S. Marshal Eastern District and Technical Operations Group attempting to locate and arrest Meisberger for a homicide probation violation.

The task force members executed a traffic stop of a truck-tractor believed to be transporting Meisberger near Exit 124 at Frackville, along Interstate 81.

At the stop, the truck driver got out of the vehicle but Meisberger remained in the vehicle. Officers confirmed that the passenger was Meisberger.

Meisberger then fled the scene in the truck and drove northbound with troopers from the Frackville and Hazleton barracks involved in the pursuit that spanned multiple miles traveling from Schuylkill County into Luzerne County and ending in Hazleton. All attempts to disable the vehicle failed and the man fled into Hazleton.

Meisberger drove the truck onto Beech Street, where it became stuck in a grassy area near the city skating rink. A perimeter was set around the truck and the state police Special Emergency Response Team activated.

During the three-hour standoff, Meisberger refused to surrender and intermittently fired weapons from the vehicle at the troopers.

Media reports indicate that Meisberger knew of the warrant for his arrest and vowed he would not return to prison.

Reports also indicate Meisberger was convicted of murder in May 1993 and sentenced to serve 48 years in prison.

In March 1999, a judge reduced the sentence to 30 years. He was released from prison in September 2007 based on Indiana’s prison system’s “good behavior policy” and in June 2012 was charged with a probation violation. He was eventually sent back to prison, then in April 2015 he was released again following a resentencing.

He again violated his release, which led to a new arrest warrant and the high-speed chase in Pennsylvania on Monday.