Summary

Guy Resists Arrest after failing sobriety tests and is chased and maced several times before eventually being shot by officers. -Wayne Wright, age 33, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was shot and killed after a traffic stop -At approximately 8:30pm, Tpr. Rudy Zupanc stopped Wright for suspicion of DUI on the Turnpike near exit 13A in Portage County -Tpr. Christopher Barnes stopped to backup tpr. Zupanc -Shortly after Wright began field sobriety tests, he fled across the Turnpike and up an embankment -The two troopers continued to verbally order the suspect to get out of the roadway and get down on the ground -Suspect was maced, given additional verbal commands and struck with an ASP baton -Wright managed to fight off attempts by the troopers to subdue him -He fled back into the Turnpike where he attempted to stop a passing vehicle and shattered a window with a flashlight. He also struck Tpr. Zupanc a on the head with the flashlight -Troopers fired several rounds, fatally wounding him.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 281405
Story Slug Turnpile DUI Stop
Location COLUMBUS, OHIO
Format VONAT
Date 12/30/2000
Archive Time 3:16:09
TRT 10:05
Video Description NIGHTTIME COLOR FOOTAGE SHOT FROM POLICE CRUISER DASHBOARD MOUNTED CAMERA WITH SOUND SNOWY WEATHER, POLICE OFFICERS DOING SOBRIETY TEST ON SIDE OF ROAD WITH MAN, SOMEWHAT GRAINY VIDEO, OFFICER SHOWING MAN HOW TO DO WALK THE LINE TEST, MAN DOING TEST WHERE HE STICKS LEG UP IN AIR, WE HEAR OFFICER SAYING MAN ISN'T FAIRING VERY WELL ON HIS TESTS, OFFICER WANTS MAN TO DO A BREATH TEST, OFFICER GOES TO ARREST MAN AND TRIES TO HANDCUFF HIM, MAN TRIES TO GET BACK IN HIS CAR, MAN RUNNING INTO ROAD WHILE CARS ARE GOING BY FAST, OFFICER MAKING CALL ON HIS RADIO FOR BACKUP, AFTER AWHILE, MAN COMES BACK INTO PICTURE AND HAS RETURNED, POLICE OFFICER TRIES TO SPRAY HIM WITH MACE, GOOD SCUFFLE VIDEO, MAN TRYING TO RUN AROUND THE CAR ALL THE WHILE COPS SHOOTING HIM WITH MACE, GUY GETS BACK IN CAR, THEN FIGHT ENSUES OFF CAMERA, OFFICERS YELLING FOR MAN TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND, OFFICERS HEARD YELLING AT MAN TO GET OFF THE ROAD, LOTS OF FRANTIC YELLING CAN BE HEARD AS DRUNK GUY OFF CAMERA ATTACKS A PASSERBY, WE HEAR SHOTS FIRED CALLS ON RADIO
Description Guy Resists Arrest after failing sobriety tests and is chased and maced several times before eventually being shot by officers. -Wayne Wright, age 33, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was shot and killed after a traffic stop -At approximately 8:30pm, Tpr. Rudy Zupanc stopped Wright for suspicion of DUI on the Turnpike near exit 13A in Portage County -Tpr. Christopher Barnes stopped to backup tpr. Zupanc -Shortly after Wright began field sobriety tests, he fled across the Turnpike and up an embankment -The two troopers continued to verbally order the suspect to get out of the roadway and get down on the ground -Suspect was maced, given additional verbal commands and struck with an ASP baton -Wright managed to fight off attempts by the troopers to subdue him -He fled back into the Turnpike where he attempted to stop a passing vehicle and shattered a window with a flashlight. He also struck Tpr. Zupanc a on the head with the flashlight -Troopers fired several rounds, fatally wounding him.
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Keywords

C CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
HIGH SPEED CHASE
DASHCAM
DASHBOARD
DASH CAM
DASHCAMS
DASHCAM’S
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