A fugitive has been killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals who were trying to detain him in the Bronx area of New York.
At least two marshals sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the shootout in the early hours of Friday morning on Ely Avenue in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, according to WABC.
The marshals were attempting to apprehend 35-year-old Andre Sterling, wanted in connection with the shooting of a Massachusetts state trooper, who was struck in the hand during a traffic stop on November 20.
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The suspect was killed after exchanging fire with the marshals. A second suspect was taken to Jacobi Hospital for treatment, reported ABC.
Sterling was facing charges of armed assault with intent to murder, possession of a firearm, assault and battery with a firearm, larceny of a motor vehicle and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
He also had two additional Massachusetts warrants for charges including identity fraud, A&B on a police officer, fail to stop for police, as well as being wanted in Wyoming for narcotics charges.
The trooper injured in November, Massachusetts State Police Trooper John Lennon, was released from hospital on November 23 following the shooting which occurred at around 11:30 p.m. during a traffic stop on Camp Street in Hyannis Cape Cod.
“First and foremost, I commend our Trooper who suffered a serious injury in the performance of his duty, and his classmate and barracks-mate, Trooper Shields, who took quick and decisive action to get his wounded brother Trooper to the emergency room immediately,” Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police said in a statement at the time.
“Both Troopers remained calm and composed in a highly stressful situation, and both did what they had to do without delay—behavior that speaks volumes about their character, courage, and the quality of their training at the State Police Academy.
“We are grateful that the outcome was not worse.”
