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North Carolina patrol releases video of fatal shooting

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By TOM FOREMAN Jr.
Associated Press

A video released by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol shows a motorist had a gun in his hand when he stepped out of a truck during a traffic stop and was fatally shot by a state trooper. Trooper Rodney Cook, a 16-year veteran of the patrol, shot and killed 21-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz of Staley on May 30. Cook has been placed on routine administrative duty during an internal investigation. The full video provided by the patrol is nearly 37 minutes long, and includes a shorter version which has subtitles describing the incident and pausing the action multiple times to focus on the gun Diaz was holding.

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