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Authorities identify suspect in Wisconsin trooper's killing

FOND DU LAC, WI (AP)--   Authorities have now identified the man suspected of killing a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper in Fond du Lac.  

The state Department of Justice names the suspect as Steven Timothy Snyder. It doesn't give his age or hometown but says his family in Michigan has been notified.

Authorities say Trooper Trevor Casper, 21, died Tuesday evening in a shootout with Snyder, a bank robbery suspect who's believed to have killed another motorist earlier. Snyder also died in the shootout.

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