Officer who was shot, nearly murdered during traffic stop tried tasing suspect first

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DOTHAN, AL – We at Law Enforcement Today recently reported on a seemingly standard traffic stop enacted in Dothan, Alabama, where a police officer was non-fatally shot after pulling a driver over for a missing license plate.

This just so happens to be a case where police tried using a Taser when pinned against a firearm – but the Taser wasn’t effective, and officers had to upgrade to using a firearm against the suspect (after an officer got shot).

Here’s the rundown on the April 19th incident in Dothan, Alabama.

In that report, a Dothan Police officer pulled someone over on April 19th at around 12:30 p.m. for allegedly not having a visible license plate.

When the officer approached the suspect’s vehicle, they had noticed a firearm in the suspect’s car. After said discovery, the suspect reportedly fled the stop until arriving at an intersection a short distance away from the original stop.

By the time the officer and his backup caught up to the suspect at the intersection, the suspect had allegedly pulled out the firearm.

Interestingly, even after officers realized they were facing a lethal threat in that scenario, police reportedly tried using a taser on the suspect before getting shot, according to Dothan Police Chief Will Benny:


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