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07-06-2007, 22:03
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"UPDATED: Peru trooper killed
Suspect shot David Rich then killed himself
Associated Press
WABASH — A state trooper who had stopped to help who he believed was a stranded motorist was shot and killed Thursday along a northern Indiana highway, state police said.
Master Trooper David Rich was fatally shot in the chest by a Michigan man who then reloaded the shotgun and killed himself, state police Sgt. Tony Slocum said.
The shooting happened along U.S. 24 about 4 p.m., Slocum said. The shooter was identified as a 21-year-old man from Gaylord, Mich., but his name was not immediately released.
Slocum said the man was driving a sport-utility vehicle that his father had reported stolen on Wednesday.
Rich, 41, was an 18-year veteran of the state police and was a detective assigned to the Peru post. He was married with a 7-year-old daughter and twin 3-year-old sons, and was the son of former Miami County Sheriff Jack Rich, who is a retired state trooper.
The shooting prompted authorities to shut down the four-lane highway in both directions around the scene about 40 miles southwest of Fort Wayne for more than two hours.
Rich is the first state trooper killed in a line-of-duty shooting since Trooper Scott Patrick was fatally shot in December 2003 after he stopped to a check a vehicle parked on exit ramp along Interstate 80-94 in Gary."
Kokomo Tribune (http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_186195917.html)
"UPDATED: Peru trooper killed
Suspect shot David Rich then killed himself
Associated Press
WABASH — A state trooper who had stopped to help who he believed was a stranded motorist was shot and killed Thursday along a northern Indiana highway, state police said.
Master Trooper David Rich was fatally shot in the chest by a Michigan man who then reloaded the shotgun and killed himself, state police Sgt. Tony Slocum said.
The shooting happened along U.S. 24 about 4 p.m., Slocum said. The shooter was identified as a 21-year-old man from Gaylord, Mich., but his name was not immediately released.
Slocum said the man was driving a sport-utility vehicle that his father had reported stolen on Wednesday.
Rich, 41, was an 18-year veteran of the state police and was a detective assigned to the Peru post. He was married with a 7-year-old daughter and twin 3-year-old sons, and was the son of former Miami County Sheriff Jack Rich, who is a retired state trooper.
The shooting prompted authorities to shut down the four-lane highway in both directions around the scene about 40 miles southwest of Fort Wayne for more than two hours.
Rich is the first state trooper killed in a line-of-duty shooting since Trooper Scott Patrick was fatally shot in December 2003 after he stopped to a check a vehicle parked on exit ramp along Interstate 80-94 in Gary."
Kokomo Tribune (http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_186195917.html)
