Gunman is said to be an ex-trooper
A man suspected in a series of rush-hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper wanted on burglary and robbery warrants who apparently shot himself after a standoff with police, authorities said.
Brian Smith, 37, killed at least one of the victims in Monday’s shootings, Dallas Police Lt. Craig Miller said. Investigators tied Smith to a killing in Dallas by matching the bullets found at the standoff, he said.
Two people were shot and killed and another person was injured by broken glass in four shootings along or near a Dallas-area highway Monday evening. Police think the victims were selected at random.
Smith was in critical condition at a Dallas hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Smith had been a Utah state trooper since 1996, but retired in May because of “personal issues,” said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety.
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