Northampton County prosecutors have released police dashcam video of Daniel K. Clary opening fire on two Pennsylvania state troopers, critically wounding one, during a traffic stop on Route 33 in November 2017. (The Morning Call, August 9, 2018)
The video shows a routine traffic stop by state police that turned into a frantic gun battle along Route 33.
It captured the entire encounter between Clary and police, including the moments in which he opened fire, grievously wounding Cpl. Seth Kelly, who nearly died from gunshot wounds that included a severed femoral artery.
A melee between Clary and the troopers lasted one minute and six seconds. The gun battle that followed, just 41 seconds.
Before he ran to his car, grabbed a gun and opened fire, Clary and the troopers grappled on the ground, Clary trying to grab their service handguns and continuing to struggle even after he was repeatedly shocked with Tasers.
Clary tried to grab both troopers’ pistols, and succeeded in dislodging the ammunition magazine of Seiple’s. A spare firearm of Kelly’s fell to the ground at one point, which Seiple later picked up, disarmed and threw to the side.
Seiple used his Taser on Clary twice and punched him five times, according to trial testimony. Kelly tasered Clary five times, threw nine punches and kneed him once.
According to a state police expert who examined the video frame-by-frame, Clary and Seiple shot at each other simultaneously, as Clary pointed a handgun at police.
Clary fired all six of his gun’s bullets, Kelly fired 21 rounds and Seiple fired 20 rounds.
Clary, 22, of Chestnuthill Township, was wounded in the gunfight, driving himself to Easton Hospital with injuries that included a bullet lodged in his head.
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This is just one example of how quickly a "routine traffic stop" can turn deadly. Stay Alert. Stay Safe.
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