A New York State trooper killed by friendly fire in a shootout with a fugitive last year has received the top state police award for heroism. Earlier today, David Brinkerhoff's widow Barbara accepted the Brummer Award, which has been given 88 times, 13 times posthumously. A member of the elite mobile response team, Brinkerhoff, died April 25, 2007, in a shootout with 23-year-old Travis Trim in a farmhouse near the Catskills. The 29-year-old Springville native fired one of two bullets that killed Trim. The investigation has also identified which trooper's bullet struck Brinkerhoff, but authorities have declined to disclose that detail or what went wrong.
A New York State trooper killed by friendly fire in a shootout with a fugitive last year has received the top state police award for heroism. Earlier today, David Brinkerhoff's widow Barbara accepted the Brummer Award, which has been given 88 times, 13 times posthumously. A member of the elite mobile response team, Brinkerhoff, died April 25, 2007, in a shootout with 23-year-old Travis Trim in a farmhouse near the Catskills. The 29-year-old Springville native fired one of two bullets that killed Trim. The investigation has also identified which trooper's bullet struck Brinkerhoff, but authorities have declined to disclose that detail or what went wrong.
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