A veteran Florida trooper was fatally shot on Interstate 95 after pulling over to assist a disabled vehicle, police said. A passing off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction witnessed the shooting and killed the suspect, an FHP official said.
A veteran Florida trooper was fatally shot on Interstate 95 after pulling over to assist a disabled vehicle, police said.
A passing off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction witnessed the shooting and killed the suspect, said Col. Gene Spalding, director of the Florida Highway patrol. The highway was shut down for several hours Wednesday as investigators processed the scene, which unfolded in the shoulder of the northbound lane, about 6 miles west of Palm City. Trooper Josh Bullock, who spent 19 years with the highway patrol, saw what he thought was someone having car trouble about 10:15 a.m.
Ex-Illinois State Trooper killed at cigar lounge 01:48"A Riviera Beach police officer who was passing by engaged the suspect, fatally shooting him," he said. Read MoreThe Rivera Beach officer was not injured, he said. "Our troopers, they worked with closely. They're distraught. They're very upset," Spalding said."It's like losing a family member.
Police in Texas step up for fallen officer's family 02:51Dozens of police cruisers, motorcycles and other emergency vehicles escorted the ambulance carrying Bullock to a medical examiner's office in Fort Pierce. Three policemen saluted the ambulance from the sidewalk as it passed. Bullock is the 49th trooper to die since the Florida highway patrol's founding in 1939, Spalding said.
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