Trooper Jason T. Wurtz “admits he shot Daniel McAlpin to death” on Sept. 9, 2022, but denies the shooting was a “gratuitous, excessive or unconscionable use of force.” Wurtz’s defense filed his response in October 2023, in an answer to an August 2023 complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New […]
CRAGSMOOR, N.Y. A long and well-maintained gravel driveway lined with fir trees on Clark Road leads to the home of Mary and David McAlpin. Inside, expansive views of Walker Valley, warm wooden trim and rustic slate floors offer few clues to the tragedy that unfolded there on Sept. 9, 2022, when the couple’s son, […]
WAWARSING, N.Y. The parents of a Cragsmoor man who was fatally shot by a state trooper one year ago have filed suit demanding a jury trial in an effort to hold the shooter accountable. Late on the evening of Sept. 9, 2022, Daniel K. McAlpin was fatally shot by Trooper Jason T. Wurtz at […]