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State
police:
Armed
man
killed
after
Detroit-area
chase
ap.org
VAN
BUREN
TOWNSHIP,
MI - An
armed
man who
called
himself
a
"sovereign
citizen"
was
fatally
shot
Friday
by
Michigan
State
Police
after
racing
away
from a
traffic
stop and
leading
troopers
on a
chase in
suburban
Detroit,
authorities
said.
The man
was shot
when he
emerged
from his
pickup
truck
outside
a rural
park,
ran to
trees
and
pointed
a gun at
troopers,
Lt. Mike
Shaw
said.
Shaw
said he
didn't
know if
the man
fired
his gun
before
he was
killed.
The man
was
stopped
in
Taylor
for a
seat
belt
violation
and
asked
for
identification,
Shaw
said.
He
"stated
he was a
sovereign
citizen
and was
not
required
to
provide
anything
to law
enforcement.
Troopers
attempted
to take
him into
custody
as far
as
breaking
the rear
window
of the
pickup
truck,"
Shaw
said.
"The
suspect
sped
away."
The
chase
lasted
for
miles
and
ended at
Lower
Huron
Metro
Park in
Van
Buren
Township.
"He
assumed
a
shooting
stance
or
pointed
the
weapon
or
displayed
the
weapon
at
troopers.
At which
time
they
fired,"
Shaw
said.
The dead
man had
no
identification,
and Shaw
said
investigators
were
working
to learn
his name
through
fingerprints.
By
calling
himself
a
"sovereign
citizen,"
it
wasn't
clear if
the man
was
referring
to an
anti-government
movement
by the
same
name in
which
members
reject
their
U.S.
citizenship
and
typically
don't
recognize
government
authority.
It also
wasn't
known
whether
he had
any
affiliation
with
such a
group.
Shaw
said the
shooting
could
have
been
avoided
if the
man had
cooperated.
"Now
we've
got to
go tell
a family
that ...
their
loved
one is
dead
because
of a
contact
with law
enforcement,"
he said.
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