BROOME D.A. CLEARS OFFICER
OF ANY WRONGDOING IN CASE
Trooper Injured
In Fatal Shootout
Returns To Duty
SIDNEY – Trooper Timothy Conklin, the 28-year state police veteran shot in the shoulder in a fatal shootout with a suspect Jan. 28, has been cleared to return to duty.
Troop C Commander William McEvoy said Conklin’s assignment is still to be determined.
An investigation into the incident by Broome County District Attorney Stephen K. Cornwell Jr. and state police determined Conklin justifiably utilized deadly physical force to defend his life and the life of others.
