Deadly North Idaho Shooting Justified
An Idaho State Police trooper who shot a fugitive to death during a pursuit north of Coeur d’Alene in February will not face charges. Trooper Dan Howard was justified when he used deadly force to stop a Jeep that was approaching him after he exited his police car following a collision, the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office said today. Howard fired several shots, six of which hit the Jeep. Investigators believe he was aiming at the driver of the Jeep, Mark M. Maykopet, a fugitive from Butte, but one of the shots hit Maykopet’s wife, Christie Anne Little. Little, who was wanted for federal probation violations, was breathing when medics arrived on scene at but soon died of her gunshot wound. Maykopet suffered only minor injuries after being grazed by a bullet/Meghann Cuniff, SR. More here.