The man accused of shooting two Pennsylvania state troopers before escaping into a densely wooded part of the Pocono Mountains, avoiding capture for nearly two months, will go on trial.

Eric Frein, the man identified by police as the suspected gunman days after the Sept. 12 shooting, appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Monday. A judge determined that there is enough evidence for Frein to face trial.

Frein has been charged with shooting two state troopers outside a barracks in Blooming Grove, a small township in northeastern Pennsylvania. Police said he shot and killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson, who was leaving the barracks, and seriously wounded Alex Douglass, who was arriving.

Authorities said at the time that Frein was “armed and extremely dangerous,” adding that he hoped to kill police officers and others. The FBI added him to its list of the 10 most-wanted fugitives as the search continued.

But a manhunt that began on a Friday night stretched on for seven weeks, a search that involved difficult terrain and prompted school closings and orders for people to shelter in place. In the end, he was quietly captured by police at an abandoned rural airport.

On Monday, as Frein sat in the packed courtroom, prosecutors played surveillance footage of the attack.

(Washinton Post)