Trooper shot by stranded motorist he was helping fatally shoots him, authorities say

A North Carolina state trooper who stopped to help a motorist stranded on an interstate Monday evening was shot by the driver but returned fire and killed him, authorities said.

The state highway patrol said Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap was aiding Wesley Scott Taylor, 57, of Leicester, N.C. on I-26 in Buncombe County at about 7:35 p.m. when Taylor suddenly pulled out a gun and fired, hitting Dunlap in the chest.

But Dunlap was wearing a bulletproof vest, which stopped but round, and Dunlap shot back.