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Man suspected of shooting at Maryland state troopers arrested in Hampton

HAMPTON — Maryland State Police say a Delaware man suspected of firing at troopers has been arrested here.

Isaiah Peppers was arrested Tuesday. Police say they found a revolver in his backpack and rounds of ammunition in his pockets.

According to a state police news release, troopers attempted to pull over Peppers’ vehicle Friday for speeding in Dorchester County, Maryland but he refused to stop.

Authorities say Peppers is suspected of shooting out of the driver’s side window and striking a trooper’s car. Troopers didn’t fire their own guns during the incident and there were no reported injuries.

The abandoned vehicle was found and Peppers was later arrested. He’s charged with offenses including attempted second-degree murder. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer who could comment.

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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