ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, August 21, 1996 TAG: 9608210028
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: FAIRFAX
SOURCE: Associated Press
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on August 22, 1996.
The ending of a story about a shooting in Fairfax was left out of
Wednesday's Virginia section. The last paragraph of the story should
have read:
"[Washington, D.C., Police Officer Robert T.] Glover, 24, has been
placed on leave with pay while authorities investigate, said district
police spokesman Officer Kenny Bryson. Glover has worked for the
department for two years.
A motorist stopped by police for erratic driving was shot and killed by an off-duty Washington police officer trying to help a state trooper, state police said.
Trooper Eric Radwick suspected Auguster A. Carter of Hampton of drunken driving. But Carter's supervisor at Fort Eustis said the man is a diabetic and is not known to drink alcohol, The Washington Post reported.
Diabetics with poorly regulated blood sugar levels at times can exhibit confusion that can be mistaken for inebriation.
Carter's boss said the dead man was a likable person who had been an air-traffic controller for a dozen years. He said Carter, 48, took medication for his diabetes.
``I don't know anything about what happened there, but I do know that Gus had sugar diabetes, and people with sugar diabetes don't drink,'' John Viets told the Post.
Viets refused further comment Tuesday.
State police Lt. William Carter said investigators found medication in Carter's car to control diabetes. Carter's body was taken to the state medical examiner's office in Fairfax for an autopsy.
Robert T. Glover fired from close range as Carter tried to drive away from Trooper Eric Radwick on Interstate 95 Sunday night, police said. Radwick was holding onto Carter through the open driver's side door of the car, police said. The two men struggled briefly before Glover, on his way to work in Washington, stopped his truck and fired at Carter.
It is unclear whether Radwick asked for help, or whether Glover announced his intent to shoot. State Police Capt. Donald Garrett would not say whether Glover's actions were appropriate.
``It would appear he thought the trooper was in very serious danger,'' Garrett said.
Radwick stopped Carter about 9:10 p.m. Sunday and ordered Carter out of the car for sobriety tests.
``They had a conversation, which escalated into a confrontation,'' Garrett said.
Carter jumped back in his car, and Radwick radioed a state police dispatcher for help, Garrett said. Radwick grabbed Carter as Carter started the car and drove down the highway's left shoulder, police said.
Glover apparently came on the scene then. He believed Radwick was about to be crushed against the concrete barrier about two feet from the moving car, Garrett said.
Radwick, 30, suffered cuts and bruises on his legs from being dragged next to the car.
Glover, 24, has been placed on leave with pay while authorities (text ends here in paper).
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