“I said don’t ram him ― shoot him,” Shoupe is heard telling officers in the video. The officers discovered that Dial had a suspended license and told him he could not drive. Smithville police officers, as well as deputies from DeKalb County and White County, initially attempted to stop Dial’s pickup truck and attached trailer by ramming into it with their cars. White County Deputy Adam West proceeded to open fire on Dial’s truck from his vehicle and again as Dial’s truck drove into an embankment on the side of the highway. Sparta police officer Charlie Sims stopped his patrol car as he witnessed Dial’s truck crashing and fired several shots at the vehicle.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 20:14 UTC