Trooper Kills Alleged Cannabis Smuggler

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A state trooper is on desk duty after shooting an alleged drug smuggler to death Sunday night as he tried to flee authorities in Hammond.

 

Trooper Steve Paulus stopped a car on Interstate 12 eastbound for a traffic violation. The two men inside told authorities they were from Philadelphia, and both of them had Caribbean accents, police said.

 

Authorities said Paulus called for backup and was completing a search of the car's interior when one of the men jumped into the driver's seat, cranked the engine and started driving away.

 

Paulus pulled his weapon and ordered the driver to stop, but the man allegedly kept heading toward oncoming traffic. After repeated commands to stop were ignored, Paulus told investigators he fired one shot, striking the driver in the right temple. The driver, whose name was not released, was declared dead at the scene.

 

Paulus then stopped the car about five feet of the westbound lanes. A further search of the car uncovered 77 pounds of marijuana.

 

Authorities booked Christopher Mark Thompson, 20, with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.

 

Paulus has been reassigned until an investigation into the shooting is complete.

 

Author: The Associated Press

Date: 16/08/04

Source: The New Orleans Channel

Copyright: Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press

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