A North Carolina state trooper who stopped to help a motorist stranded on an interstate was shot by the driver but returned fire and killed him, authorities said.
A North Carolina state trooper who stopped to help a motorist stranded on an interstate Monday evening was shot by the driver but returned fire and killed him, authorities said.
The state highway patrol said Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap was aiding Wesley Scott Taylor, 57, of Leicester, N.C. on I-26 in Buncombe County at about 7:35 p.m. when Taylor suddenly pulled out a gun and fired, hitting Dunlap in the chest.Taylor was pronounced deceased at the scene and no other suspects were being sought, investigators said.He's being placed on administrative duty, which happens with any trooper-involved shooting, the highway patrol said.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent probe of the incident.
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