AZ. Trooper was shot by illegal alien/ex-Mexican Federal Police. Authorities: Trooper was shot by driver he sought to help

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 AZ. Trooper was shot by illegal alien/ex-Mexican Federal Police

    Authorities: Trooper was shot by driver he sought to help


    JACQUES BILLEAUD
    Associated Press January 17, 2017
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    This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows Leonard Pennelas-Escobar. An Arizona state trooper who was beaten and shot while responding to a traffic collision on Interstate 10 was attacked Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, by Pennelas-Escobar, who was responsible for the one-vehicle rollover, authorities said. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP) More


    PHOENIX (AP) — The man who shot and severely beat an Arizona state trooper last week was a former member of the Mexican federal police who was in the country illegally, authorities said.

    He had rolled his car on Interstate 10 before he inexplicably attacked the officer who had stopped to help.

    Leonard Pennelas-Escobar opened fire on Trooper Edward Andersson early Thursday after the officer had stopped on the interstate and set up flares in a bid to get motorists to slow down. Pennelas-Escobar said something unrecognizable in Spanish before shooting the trooper, and then he started landing blows with his fists and beating the trooper's head on the ground, Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead said Monday.

 
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/authoriti...225458260.html

[txradioguy]

Authorities are only beginning to unravel the incident that took place last Thursday in which a Good Samaritan shot and killed another man who was attacking an Arizona state trooper. No one knows why the suspect ambushed and shot the trooper nor why his car had flipped over into a ditch.

But one thing is certain: the Good Samaritan’s concealed carry firearm allowed him to save the trooper’s life.

“My trooper would not be alive without his assistance,” Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead said of the driver who stopped to assist.

It all started around 4:30am last Thursday. Arizona State Trooper Edward Andersson was responding to reports of gunfire along the median of Interstate 10 west of Tonopah, Arizona.

He pulled up to find a vehicle flipped over in the ditch. He did not immediately see anyone around the vehicle, so he began setting up flares.

The suspect shot Andersson twice as he was lighting flares, once in the shoulder and once in the chest. The attacker proceeded to beat the trooper with his pistol and slam his head into the pavement, according to CBS affiliate KPHO.

That’s when another man—who has yet to be identified and has told the media he does not give interviews—pulled up along the deserted stretch of road and asked the trooper if he needed assistance. The Good Samaritan retrieved his firearm from his truck and warned the suspect to stop his attack. When he refused, the Good Samaritan shot the suspect, who died at the scene.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/mystery-good-samaritan-saves-arizona-troopers-life/