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Rodolfo Ballardo
United States · Aged 31 · Died 09/13/2017
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Rodolfo Ballardo and Marcos Ruiz-Zazueta, 43, were stopped for a suspended license plate. During the traffic stop, the driver was asked to exit the other. While the trooper was speaking to the driver, the passenger fired a shot at the trooper, and the trooper fired back. Both Ballardo and Ruiz-Zazueta fled in the other, prompting a pursuit. Ballardo then exited the other and fled on foot until he hijacked a big rig from a sleeping truck driver. DPS pursued the big rig, and in an exchange of gunfire between Ballardo and troopers, he was shot and killed.
Alleged responsible partyArizona Department of Public SafetyReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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