NY State Police shoot man during traffic stop in NYC

A man was shot in the head by a New York state trooper after he allegedly tried to mow down an officer while speeding past a DWI checkpoint on the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia airport.

The driver, identified by police sources as Wilton Ketter, 22, of Connecticut, tried to evade the checkpoint near Exit 7 just before 11 p.m. Friday night, and struck one of the troopers when they tried to prevent him from fleeing again — prompting the cop to fire at least six rounds, police sources said.