UPDATE: Dickinson Man Killed By Highway Patrol During I-94 Shootout Is Identified

NEW SALEM, N.D. (KVRR: UPDATE 4:15PM) — A Dickinson man is dead after a shootout with Highway Patrol troopers and a county deputy on I-94 near New Salem in Morton County.

A trooper tried to stop 43-year-old Nicholas Kirby in Bismarck around 12:45 a.m. but he sped off onto I-94 heading west.

Another trooper and Morton County deputies joined the pursuit.

It ended when officers used spike strips near New Salem.

After Kirby’s car came to a stop he began shooting at officers.

Two troopers and a deputy returned fire, killing him.

A female passenger was not hurt.

The troopers are on standard administrative leave while the BCI investigates the shooting.

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NEW SALEM, N.D. (AP) — A man who shot at police officers in North Dakota was killed when officers returned fire, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

The man who died was 43. A state trooper tried to pull him over around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday in Bismarck and the man fled, prompting a chase by two troopers and Morton County deputies, the patrol said in a news release.

Spike strips were used to deflate the tires of the suspect’s vehicle and the chase ended on Interstate 94 near New Salem. The patrol said the man shot at officers. Two troopers and a Morton County deputy returned fire, killing the man. A woman who was in the man’s car was not hurt.

The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is looking into the shooting.