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Police identify man who shot and killed WV state trooper and injured 3 others

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Posted: Wed 9:35 PM, Aug 29, 2012

Police say a man killed a West Virginia State Trooper and injured three others before being shot to death.

State police say Luke Baber, 20, of Oak Hill, WV slipped out of his handcuffs and shot Corporal Marshall Bailey and Trooper Eric Workman with a handgun he’d hidden on his body.

Bailey died at the scene, Workman is in critical condition.

A tow truck driver and Roane County Deputy Sheriff John Westfall were also injured.


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