Prosecutor: ISPer ‘Justified’ In Killing

An Idaho State Trooper was justified in shooting a Montana motorist who grabbed a gun during a police check along Interstate 90 at Lookout Pass in June, Shoshone County Prosecuting Attorney Keisha Oxendine said today. Alexander L. Mandarino, 26, of Whitefish, Mont., died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Trooper Todd McDevitt fired the shot as Mandarino and Shoshone County Deputy Adam Durflinger wrestled over possession of Mandarino’s handgun, an investigation by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office found. Mandarino “posed an immediate and continuing danger to the officers on scene,” Oxendine said in a statement released today/Scott Maben, SR. More here.