Man shot and killed by trooper after fleeing driver's license checkpoint in Miami, OK

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http://www.miamiok.com/news/article_7116fd15-d23e-59c9-aa7e-043ec0f3871f.html

MIAMI -- At approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday, a male suspect, Gary Timmie Collins, 63, of Miami, was shot and killed by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper after fleeing a driver's license checkpoint near Highway 69 in Miami.

“The suspect ran the driver's license checkpoint,” OHP Public Affairs Officer Lt. John Vincent said. “He pulled up there, and for whatever reason, the individual left the scene and the trooper pursued him for six blocks.”


Collins, who was driving, was shot by an OHP trooper, whose name has not yet been released, after Collins exited his vehicle near H Street NW and 20th Street in the northern area of Miami.


“The individual pulled over and stepped out with a firearm," Vincent said. "The trooper felt that his life was in danger and he shot the suspect."


Collins died at the scene.
 

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A side effect of pulling a gun on the po-lice is.......DEATH.

Yep. Play stupid games ... I don't agree with checkpoints ... think they are fishing expeditions and they need to be outlawed ... but pulling a gun on a cop is just ... well ... hmmmm ... you REALLY gotta wonder about the thought process ...
 

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I don't like checkpoints either but this man's death was NOT caused by a checkpoint, it was caused by his own own foolish, dangerous actions.

If one wants to protest checkpoints there are ways to do so that do not involve running from the police and then stepping out of one's vehicle armed.
 

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