SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot and wounded a Texas state trooper before a trooper shot him has died.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Deon Cockrell says 33-year-old Ernest Manuel Montelongo, of San Antonio, died Monday at a hospital. He says the trooper who was wounded Sunday should recover.
Authorities say a trooper stopped Montelongo’s car in Guadalupe County for a traffic violation, and he gave a false name and sped away.
A DPS helicopter located him in neighboring Bexar (bayr) County. Two other troopers helped block the car. Cockrell says Montelongo shot one of them before one of the troopers shot Montelongo.
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Cockrell says he doesn’t know which trooper shot Montelongo.