Michigan trooper fatally shot during traffic stop
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[September 10, 2013]
HART, Mich.
(AP) -- A Michigan state trooper fatally shot during a traffic stop was the victim of a "senseless incident," Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday.
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Trooper Paul Butterfield of the Hart post was shot in Mason County on Monday night. Butterfield stopped a vehicle at 6:20 p.m. in Sherman Township and three minutes later a motorist called 911 to report that a trooper had been shot in the head. Butterfield died during emergency surgery at Munson Medical Center, the Michigan State Police said in a news release.
"A tragic event like this shakes us all, but it also bolsters our resolve to make our streets and our neighborhoods safer," the governor said in a statement. Sherman Township is about 80 miles north of Grand Rapids.
A vehicle later was found based on information Butterfield had called in, and police located two suspects at a gas station in Wellston around 8:30 p.m. Police exchanged gunfire, and one suspect was shot.
A man and woman were taken into custody. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"This senseless incident is a grim reminder that our brave public safety officers put their lives on the line every day when they go to work protecting Michiganders," Snyder said. "They are heroes."
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![](../images/ads/current/richardson_lda_040113.png) Butterfield, who became a trooper in 1999, was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
"Tonight we lost a hero," state police director Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue said in a statement. "The entire MSP family, as well as our greater law enforcement family, mourns alongside the Butterfields. Trooper Butterfield's sacrifice will never be forgotten. May he rest in peace."
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