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Apr 29, 2008 10:05 pm US/Central

DPS Trooper Shot, Killed In East Texas

KELLYVILLE, Texas (AP) ― A Department of Public Safety trooper pursuing a vehicle was shot and killed Tuesday night in Marion County in East Texas.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. near the intersection of Farm-to-Market roads 1969 and 729 just northeast of Lake O' The Pines and west of Kellyville.

Mange said a citizen got on the trooper's radio and called in to the dispatcher that the man had been shot. Authorities are looking for a 1997 blue Dodge Intrepid with Texas license 039-LCG.

Mange said the trooper was 39 and married. His name was not immediately released pending notification of family members.

Kellyville is about 135 miles east of Dallas.

Before Tuesday, 82 DPS troopers had died in the line of duty. The last death came on March 14, 2007, when the patrol car of Trooper Todd Dylan Holmes was struck broadside by an 18-wheeler as he attempted to cross the highway to pursue a vehicle.

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