Olympian
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Hello,
The following paragraph is from the news story about the shooting in Virginia.
The gunman's name is Ross Truett Ashley.
From the above paragraph, I understand the situation to be like this:
a. Gunman Ashley walks up to police officer Crouseafter.
b. Crouseafter is sitting in his unmarked cruiser (unmarked police car) during a traffic stop.
c. Ashley was not a part of the stop - i.e he was not in a car
d. the driver was cooperating with the police.
1. Does 'during a traffic stop' mean that Crouseafter was sitting at a traffic signal waiting for the signal to change?
OR
2. that Crouseafter had stopped another person who was driving?
If 2 is correct, then that is the driver (d. above) who was cooperating with the police.
Is my understanding correct?
Thank you.
The following paragraph is from the news story about the shooting in Virginia.
Virginia State Police said he walked up to officer Deriek W. Crouseafter noon on Thursday and shot him to death as the patrolman sat in his unmarked cruiser during a traffic stop. Ashley was not involved in the stop and did not know the driver, who is cooperating with police, they said.
The gunman's name is Ross Truett Ashley.
From the above paragraph, I understand the situation to be like this:
a. Gunman Ashley walks up to police officer Crouseafter.
b. Crouseafter is sitting in his unmarked cruiser (unmarked police car) during a traffic stop.
c. Ashley was not a part of the stop - i.e he was not in a car
d. the driver was cooperating with the police.
1. Does 'during a traffic stop' mean that Crouseafter was sitting at a traffic signal waiting for the signal to change?
OR
2. that Crouseafter had stopped another person who was driving?
If 2 is correct, then that is the driver (d. above) who was cooperating with the police.
Is my understanding correct?
Thank you.