MARGARETVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- State police have released the name of the trooper who was shot and killed today by a man suspected of shooting two other troopers. He's 29-year-old David Brinkerhoff. State police Acting Superintendent Preston Felton says Brinkerhoff was a member of the elite Mobile Response Team and was assigned to the barracks in Coxsackie, 20 miles south of Albany.
Felton says Brinkerhoff and Trooper Richard Mattson were shot while searching a property near Margaretville in eastern Delaware County for Travis Trim of Saint Lawrence County. Mattson was transported to an Albany hospital. There's no word on his condition.
The 23-year-old Trim is the suspect in the shooting of a trooper yesterday in Margaretville. That trooper was saved by his bulletproof vest.
Meanwhile, dozens of law enforcement officers continue to surround a farmhouse outside Margaretville where Trim exchanged gunfire with police about an hour after the troopers were shot.
Brinkerhoff was an eight-year veteran of the state police. He's survived by his wife and their seven-month-old daughter.
I have worked with Trooper Brinkerhoff here localy and he was a good man, he will be missed.
God speed brother, My thoughts to your wife and infant child and all your family.
Felton says Brinkerhoff and Trooper Richard Mattson were shot while searching a property near Margaretville in eastern Delaware County for Travis Trim of Saint Lawrence County. Mattson was transported to an Albany hospital. There's no word on his condition.
The 23-year-old Trim is the suspect in the shooting of a trooper yesterday in Margaretville. That trooper was saved by his bulletproof vest.
Meanwhile, dozens of law enforcement officers continue to surround a farmhouse outside Margaretville where Trim exchanged gunfire with police about an hour after the troopers were shot.
Brinkerhoff was an eight-year veteran of the state police. He's survived by his wife and their seven-month-old daughter.
I have worked with Trooper Brinkerhoff here localy and he was a good man, he will be missed.
God speed brother, My thoughts to your wife and infant child and all your family.
