CONOVER, N.C. — A state trooper is on administrative leave after authorities said he fatally shot a man who used pepper spray while fleeing the officer.
The Highway Patrol told the Charlotte Observer that trooper J.D. Connors killed 30-year-old Derek Neal Bowman late Thursday night. Authorities said Connors had pulled over Bowman's truck and found a bottle filled with a white substance.
Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Everett Clendenin said Bowman fled when Connors tried to arrest him. He said Connors later tried to use pepper spray to subdue the man but that Bowman grabbed the spray and used it on the trooper.
Clendenin said Connors then fired at Bowman and killed him.
The 26-year-old trooper has been put on administrative leave with pay while the SBI reviews the shooting.
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