2 marshals wounded in shootout with trooper-shooting suspect
A suspect in the shooting of a state trooper in Massachusetts has been killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals in the Bronx that left two officers wounded
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Your support makes all the difference.A suspect in the shooting of a state trooper in Massachusetts was killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals in the Bronx early Friday that left two of the officers wounded.
The two marshals suffered non-life threatening injuries in the 5:30 a.m. confrontation.
The suspect 35-year-old Andre Sterling, was wanted for allegedly shooting a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand on Nov. 20 during a traffic stop in Hyannis, Massachusetts, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the incident publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Calls were made the U.S. Marshals Service seeking comment.