Video released in trooper-involved shooting; Johnston County DA clears patrolman

Friday, May 24, 2019
PRINCETON, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Johnston County District Attorney's office cleared a state trooper in an officer-involved shooting last month.

The report issued Friday said Trooper Sgt. J.M. Dorsey stopped a Nissan driving 96 mph on Highway 70 near Princeton.
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The NC Highway Patrol released video of the incident Friday afternoon.

The report said the trooper noticed the driver, 20-year-old Darius Rogers, of Clayton, staring at the glove compartment.

Dorsey asked Rogers what was in the glove compartment and he replied that there was a gun.

"Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, drop it," troopers can be heard saying on the video.



Rogers refused to exit his car, and then lunged for the glove compartment and pulled out the gun.
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When Rogers didn't drop it, the trooper fired three shots.

Rogers was injured but survived.

The District Attorney's office released a photo of the gun, which turned out to be a BB gun.

Rogers admitted to investigators that he didn't tell the trooper it was a BB gun.

Sgt. Dorsey, who is from Wayne County, was not shot or seriously injured.
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