Trooper justified in fatally shooting man during gun battle on I-5 in Salem, grand jury says

Felipe Amezcua Manzo, 31, fires at an Oregon State Police Trooper after running into a ditch off Interstate 5 near Mission Street in Salem. The trooper shot and killed Amezcua Manzo. The scene was captured on body camera and dash cam videos released on Wednesday, April 19, by Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson's office.

An armed man tried to hijack cars on Interstate 5, held two drivers at gunpoint and led a state police trooper on a foot chase before dying in a gunfight in which the officer shot him six times to stop him, the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday, April 19.

A Marion County grand jury on Wednesday unanimously found that an Oregon State Police trooper was justified in shooting and…

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