The father of the suspect fatally shot after an I-75 chase Thursday that also left a state trooper wounded called his son a “good boy” but did not shed any light on what might have led to the shootout.
*'[I'm] surprised," a man identified as the father of Cobb County resident Israel Vladimir Rodriguez told Channel 2 Action News. "My son [is] a good boy, hard-working."
The Georgia State Patrol said Rodriguez led troopers on a high-speed chase in Cobb County around 3:30 p.m. after an attempted traffic stop. The 10-mile chase ended with an exchange of gunfire, a wounded state trooper, a dead suspect and thousands of motorists caught in the traffic-clogging aftermath.
GSP spokesman Capt. Mark Perry said Trooper Jacob Fields, a 26-year-old, three-year veteran of the force, attempted to stop Rodriguez’s speeding Chevrolet Silverado. The pickup truck had allegedly been clocked going 98 miles per hour.
In addition to Fields, two other troopers fired shots and are on standard administrative leave, Perry said.
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