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Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:16 AM Aug 2020

Maryland Trooper Kills Drunk Driving Suspect Who Dragged Him Down I-95: Police

From https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-trooper-kills-drunk-driving-suspect-who-dragged-him-down-i-95-police/2403946/
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Maryland Trooper Kills Drunk Driving Suspect Who Dragged Him Down I-95: Police

The trooper has been released from the hospital

By Sophia Barnes • Published August 28, 2020 • Updated 7 seconds ago

A Maryland state trooper shot and killed a suspected drunk driver who fled a traffic stop along I-95 in Howard County early Friday and dragged a trooper 2,000 feet down the highway, police say.

Julio Cesar Moran-Ruiz, 36, of Baltimore, is the man fatally shot by a Maryland state trooper. Police said there was a delay in identifying him because he didn't have an ID on him.

The trooper was treated at a Baltimore hospital's shock trauma center and released later Friday morning, Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow W. Jones said. The nature of the trooper's injuries is unclear.

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