Griffin had a national arrest warrant for a felony weapons charge, according to state police officials. While resisting arrest from the troopers, Griffin was tased. He then pulled out a gun from his car and shot one trooper. The other trooper fired back. Griffin was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jefferson County Coroner’s Office official.
On Tuesday of this week, the ISP stopped to help a motorist at 3am on I-64 near Mt. Vernon, IL. Turns out Mr. Motorist and his wife each had no bail warrants from back in New Mexico for aggravated assault with a firearm. Once one of the troopers discovered the warrant and tried to take 23-year-old Brandon Griffin into custody. At that point the fight was on.
During the fight, the wife kept returning to the car, probably accessing a firearm or certainly giving the credible appearance of doing so.
As they fought, Griffin told Trooper they would have to shoot him.
His words proved prophetic. He returned to the car after escaping the grasp of one of the Troopers while the other went to corral the female half to make sure she didn’t access a gun. Coming out with a gun, Griffin tried to add two counts of murder of cops to his charges but the Illinois State Troopers did the only polite thing when faced with a homicidal maniac shooting at them: they shot back.
Unfortunately one of the Troopers was shot and suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.
Meanwhile, the wanted man Griffin died on the side of the road, shot down like a rabid dog.
He FAFO‘d. Cue the sad trombone.
And now ISP has released the bodycam of the incident.
From WCIA:
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — State Police have released dash camera footage of a shooting in southern Illinois that left a motorist dead and a state trooper hospitalized.
According to an ISP release, 23-year-old Brandon Griffin from Albuquerque, New Mexico was shot and killed early Tuesday morning after a motorist assist escalated into Griffin and a state trooper exchanging gunfire.
The video can be found here on YouTube. Officials warn the video contains graphic visuals and language.
The shootout happened around 3:30 a.m. on Interstate 64 near milepost 72, which is near the interchange with Interstate 57 at Mount Vernon.
An ISP officer was shot and taken to an area hospital, but is now recovering at home.
I have zero interest in feel-good stories about those that would otherwise be harassing legal gun-owners and now confiscating their guns and accessories under the unconstitutional guise of public safety.
Go bust some gangbangers in Chicago, mall cops, and stay the **** out of my life. Take your scumbag communist masters with you to assist.
Yep. The whole “just doing their jobs” blanket excuse doesn’t cut it anymore. But for the sake of doing their jobs, THAT JOB is to harass honest gun owners and steal their unregistered property. The GOP has a LOT of catching up to do. They’re always living in the past.
Oh, come on. The ISP acted with almost too much restraint here. Good shoot. I am glad they are on our side for now, anyway.
They’re on your side until they aren’t. Let’s not forget HB2722. This bill pulls even more money out of our pockets to fund the ISP. Every.Single.Republican in the House voted for it.
I’ve sent several emails about this only to get ignored. The GOP hasn’t “backed the blue” as much as they’ve backed themselves into a corner with blanket blind law enforcement support. Now they have to choose between these state agencies that are going to screw over the people, and the people. Right now, the useless party is going for the system. Sorry plebs!