Handcuffed Suspect Killed After Shooting Trooper During Traffic Stop in Georgia

A felon who had been on the run for about eight months was shot and killed by Georgia State Patrol troopers on I-75 South in Bartow County on Thursday, authorities said.

One of the troopers, who was shot in his vest by Kenneth Martin Anderson, 27, has been released from the hospital, the GBI said in a news release. His injuries consisted of blunt force trauma. The other troopers were not injured.

A traffic stop on the car with a West Virginia temporary tag led to the shooting.

Troopers put the male passenger, Kenneth Martin Anderson, 27, in handcuffs after finding drugs, guns and cash in the car, GSP Capt. Mark Perry said. He was wanted for a parole violation.

“He’s handcuffed behind his back. Apparently he had a weapon behind his back,” Perry said. “As he comes out, the trooper was standing a couple of feet from him. He turns with his hands behind him and shoots the trooper in the abdomen. In the vest.”

Anderson fired three times before two Troopers returned fire, hitting him multiple times, the GBI said. He later died at the Cartersville Hospital. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 19, 2018)
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Although the GSP Troopers placed Anderson in handcuffs, they failed to search him, or failed to find the gun he had concealed behind his back. Firing a pistol with your hands cuffed behind your back is not going to be very accurate, but at a distance of only a couple of feet it can still get hits on a man-size target. --  Stay Alert, Stay Safe, Search All Suspects for Weapons.

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