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State Trooper Shot, Killed In Indiana
Man Killed In Gary Monday Morning
An Indiana State Police trooper was shot and killed Monday morning.
A state police spokesman said the shooting happened at about 5:30 a.m. along Interstate 80 near Gary, about 9 miles from the Illinois state line.
Early reports suggested that Scott Patrick, 27, a three-year veteran, was gunned down after he stopped to help a driver.
A suspect reportedly is in custody.
http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/2720730/detail.html
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Officer shot, killed on expressway
December 22, 2003 — Investigators are gathering evidence into the fatal shooting of an Indiana state trooper. Scott Patrick, 27, was killed early this morning near the Grant Street exit of I-80-94 in Gary, Indiana. A suspect is now in police custody.
It was an emotional day for the Indiana state police. They held a news conference and many of the troopers who attended the conference and were visibly shaken about the death of their co-worker. They did try to describe in detail what happened to trooper Patrick when he was shot and killed.
"We are going through all the stages of grief right now -- shock, disbelief. All the stages anyone else would go through in the loss of a loved one," said Lt. Larry Keiser, Indiana state police.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. Monday off of I-80/94. But something strange happened before the shooting, motorists started calling 911.
"My understanding is the district received cell phone calls on a vehicle that had been driving down the interstate with several flat tires on it," said Lt. Larry Keiser.
That car was reported stolen from Chicago on December 16. Authorities say trooper Patrick was checking on the report of a disabled vehicle in the area of I-80 and Grant Street. He found the vehicle and made contact with the alleged driver, Darryl J. Jeter of Chicago, who was walking away from the car. The 19-year-old man allegedly produced a pistol and began shooting at trooper Patrick, striking him in the upper body.
During that time, a blue semi truck pulled up. Authorities say that driver and a driver of a second semi truck witnessed the shooting. When trooper Jeff Gruber arrived he began searching for Jeter. Jeter jumped into the blue semi truck and was attempting to drive away when the Trooper Gruber shot him.
Darryl Jeter was taken to the hospital. He does not have life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. They expect to follow up and try to file charges against him.
Trooper Scott Patrick was a family man, married and recently learned his wife is expecting.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/122203_ns_indianashooting.html
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Looks like the short of it is the Trooper was checking on what appeared to be a disabled vehicle. The Trooper treated it just like that, a contact with normal people having car trouble. Problem is, the car was stolen and the bad guys didn't want to get tied to it so they killed the trooper. Too bad info didn't catch up. A second call had the license plate that showed it was stolen, but that was too late to do the Trooper any good. Just goes to show that you can never treat any contact lightly. You never know who you are dealing with.
If you look at the Troopers photograph you'll see he appears to have a high/tight military haircut. Some people would probably write him off just for that. >mild sarcasm on the haircut re: post on aother thread about that<
