Official: 26 shots fired at driver in NHP trooper death case
KEN RITTER, Associated Press
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LAS VEGAS (AP) Four law enforcement officers fired 26 shots at a carjacking suspect in a disabled car with a fatally injured a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper still lodged inside after he was struck and smashed through the windshield during a Las Vegas freeway chase last week, a police official said Monday.
The suspect, Douglas Claiborne, died in the shooting about noon on July 27 on busy Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Strip.
The trooper, Micah May, died two days later at a local hospital.
May was crumpled inside the car and wasn’t hit by any of the shots fired by one trooper and three Nevada state parole and probation officers, Clark County Undersheriff Chris Darcy told reporters in a briefing.
Nevada trooper dies after being hit in Vegas freeway chase
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1of3In this undated photo provided by the Nevada Highway Patrol shows Trooper Micah May. May, 46, died Thursday, July 29,2021, after he was struck and critically injured by a vehicle while deploying spike strips Tuesday to stop a chase on a busy freeway near the Las Vegas Strip. (Nevada Highway Patrol via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of3In this undated photo provided by the Nevada Highway Patrol shows Trooper Micah May. May, 46, died Thursday, July 29,2021, after he was struck and critically injured by a vehicle while deploying spike strips Tuesday to stop a chase on a busy freeway near the Las Vegas Strip. (Nevada Highway Patrol via AP)APShow MoreShow Less