WVSP Senior Trooper J.M. Comer discusses the investigation into the shooting of Glasgow Officer Steve Smith. Troopers said Nickey Don Smith called police to his Glass Fire Lane home the night of Dec. 13 to report a burglary, however when the police arrived he fired at them with a sawed off shotgun. Officer Smith, who was off duty and out of uniform, was struck in the chest. He was not wearing a bulletproof vest but is expected to survive. Nickey Smith was arrested and charged with malicious assault of a police officer and a federal charge of felon is possession of a firearm.
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