State police: Trooper-involved shooting on Preemption Road in Sodus, suspect airlifted

SODUS, N.Y. — A New York State Trooper was involved in a shooting on Preemption Road, near Route 104 in Sodus in Wayne County, leading to a man getting airlifted to a hospital. State police said around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a trooper stopped a man on Preemption Road and scanned his license, leading to the trooper finding out the man had multiple search warrants, including burglary and robbery. When a trooper told the man to get out of the car, he attempted to drive away, troopers said. As the trooper tried to stop the man, the suspect took out a handgun, an officer told us. The trooper and man struggled over the handgun, leading to the trooper taking out his own gun, shooting the man, state police said. While he was trying to get him out of the vehicle, the suspect produced a handgun. The trooper initially had pulled his taser to try to get him into custody, saw the handgun. Once he saw that, the struggle for the handgun ensued, and the trooper then pulled his division issued