To hear prosecutors tell it, State Trooper Anthony Nigro IV acted beyond the scope of his duties when he shot and killed a driver in downtown Buffalo last year.
Nigro’s defense attorneys contend that he was trying to capture a suspect who fled police and endangered other drivers on the road, and that Nigro was justified when he shot him because Nigro thought he was going to be killed.
Video from the body camera of Trooper Anthony Nigro IV released Wednesday captured the tense exchange between Nigro and James Huber, a motorist he fatally shot Feb. 12 after a lengthy police chase on the Thruway that reached speeds of more than 100 mph.
A grand jury has indicted Nigro on charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter for the shooting of an unarmed Pennsylvania man following a 100-mph chase that ended in Buffalo in February 2022.
Nigro, 39, a nearly 16-year veteran of the State Police, appeared Monday morning before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller as the indictment was…
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