Drugs, Paraphernalia Found In Truck After Manchester Shooting Incident
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
NORTH MANCHESTER – Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in the truck of the man shot by a North Manchester Police Department officer Tuesday.
During an inventory of 40-year-old Michael Kline’s Chevrolet pickup truck, officers found about 10 grams of methamphetamine, 5 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to a release from Indiana State Police.
At approximately 5:58 p.m. Tuesday, NMPD officer Parker Stouffer initiated a traffic stop on Kline’s truck for failure to properly signal a turn. Kline, of North Manchester, stopped his vehicle in the parking lot of The Eel River Inn, 1601 Ind. 114, North Manchester.
According to state police, evidence indicates that during the traffic stop, Kline exited the truck and pointed a 9 mm handgun at Stouffer. Stouffer then allegedly fired his gun at Kline. Despite life-saving measures by officers and responding paramedics, Kline died from a gunshot wound. No officers were injured in the incident.
Stouffer has worked for the NMPD since August 2016, the ISP release states.
Upon completion of the ISP investigation, information will be forwarded to the Wabash County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
Kline’s obituary appears on page 3A of today’s newspaper.
