First Slice 1/28/16: I-75 chase leaves suspect dead, trooper wounded
Plus, a murder suspect’s stepdaughter gives a damning testimony against him.
Suspect dead, trooper recovering from surgery after I-75 chase and shootout in Cobb County. https://t.co/twsbJ9UiEj pic.twitter.com/kIlidlLXcL— AJC (@ajc) January 28, 2016
Wednesday afternoon a police chase on southbound I-75 ended with a suspect dead and a state trooper recovering. Both victims were rushed to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with gun wounds. Trooper Jacob Fields was trying to pull over Acworth man Israel Vladimir Rodriguez for speeding at 98 miles per hour when the 10-mile pursuit ignited with Rodriguez opening fire first. Troopers returned shots. Rodriguez underwent surgery but died last night at 10:30. Fields is expected to make a full recovery after a couple more days in the hospital.
The stepdaughter of a Gwinnett man accused of murdering his wife gave testimony against him Wednesday. ”I got to a point where I couldn’t handle the abuse,” stepdaughter Alex Peters said of Matt Leili, according to 11Alive. “They’d be arguing and he would end up locking her in a bathroom. She’d been shoved downstairs. There were several nights I’d lay up at night and listen to her say, ‘Get off me! Get off me, you’re hurting me.’” Dominique “Nique” Leili went missing July 2011. Her naked body, with high levels of GHB, was found days later beneath some leaves.
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