A 42-year-old Indiana man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last week —after entering the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 — was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon.
Matthew Huttle of Hobart, Indiana, allegedly resisted arrest and got into an “altercation” with a Jasper County Sheriff’s Department deputy, according to authorities, the Associated Press reported. Indiana State Police said that after Huttle was pulled over, “an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.”
Huttle was in possession of a firearm when he was pulled over, the state police said. Authorities did not say why Huttle was pulled over or what led to the confrontation. The officer who shot Huttle has been placed on leave as authorities investigate the fatal…
