Justitie · Sodus shootingSodus trooper shooting: Driver in critical but stable conditionGeschreven 29 oktober 2026 om 05:18 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07A trooper shot a driver during a traffic stop in Sodas.0:10The wounded man is hospitalized, and state police are investigating a shooting0:13involving one of their own troopers.0:15Whether that use of lethal force was justified remains unresolved.0:18The encounter happened on Preemption Road near Route104 in Wayne County on October0:22twenty-eight.0:23Police placed the start of the stop around five that afternoon.0:25That gives an approximate stop time.0:27The precise time of the shooting hasn't been given.0:30The trooper checked the driver's license and discovered several warrants.0:33Police say.0:33He called Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies for backup.0:36Then returned to the driver.0:38Police haven't explained why the traffic stop began.0:40Police linked the warrants to burglary and robbery, but their exact number and legal0:44type remain unclear.0:45Those details leave the underlying allegations unresolved.0:48The trooper then asked the man to step out of the vehicle, and police say the0:51encounter escalated.0:53Police say the driver restarted the vehicle and tried to drive away, with the0:56trooper moving alongside it.0:58The vehicle stopped again.0:59The trooper was trying to get the man out when the struggle continued.1:02The trooper initially drew a taser while trying to take the man into custody.1:06Police say.1:07Their description then shifts to a handgun and a struggle over that weapon.1:10Major Kevin P.1:12Sitcher, the state police troop E commander, says the man produced a handgun.1:16He says a struggle over that gun followed, and the trooper drew his service firearm1:20and shot the man.1:21Sucher's description leaves the vehicle's precise movements unclear.1:24His words were that the trooper was kind of going along with the vehicle.1:27That account is part of the investigation into how the encounter reached gunfire.1:31Mercy Flight flew the wounded man to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.1:35Police now list him in critical but stable condition, providing a medical status1:39after the first information left his condition unknown.1:42The trooper wasn't hurt.1:43Critical but stable still leaves the man's recovery uncertain.1:46State police are handling the investigation.1:49So the agency employing the trooper is also the agency publicly identified as1:52investigating the encounter.1:54The police account describes an attempted departure and a struggle over a handgun.1:58Whether the shooting was justified remains unresolved.2:00A fuller explanation of the vehicle's movement and the struggle, along with a newer2:04medical update, are the next substantive developments.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
