State Police Update: Driver Identified In Early Morning Trooper Involved Fatal Shooting

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(ELKRIDGE, MD) – The suspected impaired driver who was fatally wounded this morning after dragging a Maryland state trooper along I-95 while attempting to flee a traffic stop in Howard County has been identified.

The driver is identified Julio Cesar Moran-Ruiz, 36, of Baltimore.

The investigation is continuing.

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