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Ex-Utah Trooper Shoots Innocent People on Dallas Highways This shit happened yesterday during rush hour. He killed two people. 
What the hell is wrong with people.  Oh and this muthafucka can accurately fire on and kill two people in moving vehicles but his dumb ass can't shoot and kill himself sitting in a car AFTER a three-hour standoff??? WTF? 
DALLAS – A man suspected in a series of rush hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper wanted on burglary and robbery warrants who apparently shot himself after a standoff with police, authorities said Tuesday Brian Smith, 37, killed at least one of the victims of Monday's shootings, Dallas police Lt. Craig Miller said. Investigators tied Smith to a killing in Dallas because by matching the bullets found at the standoff, he said. "We feel safe in saying (Smith) ... was the shooter," Miller said. Dallas police declined to comment on a second death in neighboring Garland, where the standoff took place, because it was out of their jurisdiction. Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said his department has not been able to make a definitive connection between Smith and the killing there, but acknowledged that he fit the description of the highway shooter: a balding, 40ish white man. "We certainly hope it is him," Harn said. "But we are going to have to see more concrete evidence." Two people were shot and killed and another person was injured by broken glass in four shootings along or near a Dallas-area highway Monday evening. Police believe the victims were selected at random. Smith was in critical condition Tuesday night at a Dallas hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said he shot himself in the head early Tuesday morning after a brief standoff more than six hours after the shooting spree ended. Smith had been a Utah state trooper since 1996 but retired in May because of "personal issues," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety. The crime spree appears to have begun in Garland, where a man police identified as Smith jumped over a pharmacy counter at a grocery store and stole Oxycontin pills. Minutes later, the first shooting happened in Garland when a driver pulled up alongside a small Nissan stopped at a red light and began shooting, Harn said. The Nissan's driver, 20-year-old Jorge "George" Lopez of Rowlett, was killed. Minutes later on the same highway, a gunman shot and killed 42-year-old William Scott Miller, the driver of a United Van Lines rig, police Lt. Craig Miller said. Police said the driver, who was about to fly home to his wife and two young daughters in Frankfort, Ky., for the holidays, was able to bring his truck safely to a stop before he died. "The act he did in and of itself I consider to be heroic," Lt. Miller said. "Despite being mortally wounded, he was able to control his rig to the point where other drivers weren't injured." After the shooting of Miller, another semitrailer was fired upon a half-mile away on the same interstate. The driver, 46-year-old Gary Roberts, was injured by debris and glass but not struck by any bullets. His right eye was hit by shattered glass and he needed several stitches in his fingers, said Bedford Wilhite, who works with Roberts at Dugan Truck Line. Roberts is home recuperating after being treated at a hospital, Wilhite said. Roberts, who has worked for Dugan for about a year, told Wilhite he is "much blessed and thankful to be alive." [Edited 12/23/08 18:33pm] | |
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Ex-trooper in road shootings struggled with addiction, Utah officials say
06:31 AM CST on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News jtrahan@dallasnews.com Brian Smith was a well-liked and hard-working Utah state trooper with a bright future when an on-duty accident left him with an addiction to painkillers, authorities say. Former State Trooper Brian Smith The addiction led to his resignation after 12 years with the Utah Department of Public Safety, and authorities believe the 37-year-old was on a North Texas crime spree when he apparently committed a dramatic series of roadway shootings that left two motorists dead in Dallas County. "This is a huge shock," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, a colleague and friend of Mr. Smith during his time as a trooper in Utah. "The Brian Smith that you all were involved with down in Texas is not the one that we know and love." Before the former sergeant resigned from the force this year, Mr. Smith had received the top score on the lieutenant's exam, Sgt. Nigbur said. "He was that type of guy – very motivated, very creative and a good supervisor." Also Online Utah trooper linked to rush-hour rampage in Dallas According to a report by the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training investigations bureau, Mr. Smith's troubles began Jan. 10 when he drove his squad car to a liquor store in a Salt Lake City suburb and bought two pints of liquor. He then drove to a theater and drank a pint. He then drove to a park, drank, and drove home, the report says. He called for help from a leader at his Mormon church. When the man arrived, Mr. Smith placed a pistol to his own chin and threatened to kill himself. The church leader grabbed the gun after Mr. Smith put it on the car's dashboard. He called 911, and when police arrived, they took him from a bed in his home where he had passed out to a hospital for treatment and a psychological evaluation, according to the report. "Smith also admitted, in the past, he had stolen and used Demerol and one Ambien tablet from his father-in-law's dental office," the report says. "Smith's abuse of alcohol and prescription medications started after an on-duty traffic accident." A Utah DPS investigation found that Mr. Smith drove under the influence, committed theft and was engaged in conduct that would "tend to disrupt, diminish or otherwise jeopardize public trust and fidelity in law enforcement." He resigned in May and moved to Keller with his family, Sgt. Nigbur said. Authorities obtained a warrant for his arrest in connection with a Dec. 17 robbery of a woman in a shopping center parking lot in the 600 block of East Southlake Boulevard. That afternoon, a man approached a woman sitting in a vehicle and shot a liquid in her eyes, temporarily blinding her. "He had some type of squirt gun," said Southlake police spokesman Mike Bedrich. When she covered her face, the suspect took her purse. Detectives later identified Mr. Smith on surveillance footage using the woman's credit cards. About 10:30 a.m. Monday, a man matching Mr. Smith's description broke the window on a vehicle at the La Petite Academy in the 1400 block of West Southlake Boulevard. Witnesses said the man grabbed a purse and fled. | |
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Scary.  There are sick people. | |
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