Suspect in trooper’ shooting death indicted

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – A Haywood County grand jury has indicted the Florida man suspected of shooting a state trooper to death during a traffic stop.

The Asheville Citizen-Times also reported Tuesday that court documents now available offered new details of events leading to the traffic stop and capture of 37-year-old Edwardo Wong II.

Wong was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon after a grand jury found prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed to trial.

The documents show Wong fired as many as four shots at a detective chasing him from one of the three handguns found in his truck.

Investigators had originally thought he fired twice at the detective after shooting 24-year-old Trooper David Shawn Blanton Jr. June 17 on Interstate 40 near Canton.

Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, http://www.citizen-times.com

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