A 27-year veteran of the Arizona state police was ambushed on a lonely stretch of highway after responding to a report of shots fired in the vicinity. Receiving a bullet wound in the shoulder and at least one bullet in the chest, the trooper was at the assailant's mercy when a passing motorist stopped, retrieved a weapon, and shot the attacker dead. NBCNews: "As the trooper exited his vehicle and began to lay out flares, it appears at this point that he was ambushed by the suspect," Milstead said. "In the initial confrontation, the suspect shoots the trooper in the shoulder [and] right chest area at least one time, possibly twice, disabling the use of the trooper's right hand and right arm." The gunman then attacked the trooper with his hands, bashing his head into the pavement, Milstead said. That's when the passing motorist stopped. "The trooper says, 'Please help me,' and asks the uninvolved third party for help,"...(Read Full Post)