26-year-old Guatemalan man, Angel Zapet-Alvarado, was shot by an Arkansas state trooper during a traffic stop after resisting removal and allegedly taking the trooper's taser.

A Guatemalan man, Angel Zapet-Alvarado, 26, was shot by an Arkansas state trooper during a traffic stop on Interstate 49 after he refused to exit his vehicle and resisted the trooper's efforts to remove him. Zapet-Alvarado allegedly wrestled the trooper's taser away and threw it into traffic. A passing motorist witnessed the incident and tried to assist the trooper, who then fired a round at Zapet-Alvarado, wounding him in the right temple. The trooper has not been named.

July 28, 2024
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