Below is what was in the Miami Herald and there is a shorter report on Channel 4 News. What really angers me is the fact that in the BOLO (be on the lookout) on police radios described the men in the vehicle were Hispanic but both articles do not mention this! I am awaiting to hear if the men indeed are illegals as there are many in that area.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16449560.htm

FHP trooper shot, killed during traffic stopBY PHIL LONG
plong@MiamiHerald.com

A veteran Florida Highway Patrol trooper was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Lake Placid in Central Florida Friday afternoon.

The dead trooper was identified as Sgt. Nicholas G. Sottile, 48, of Lake Placid. Sottile worked in Miami-Dade County during the early to mid-1980's, FHP Lt. Col. Ken Howes said.

Sottile, who had been with FHP for nearly 24 years, is married and has two children, one of whom is also an FHP trooper.

The shooting happened at 3:22 p.m., Howes said. As of late Friday police were searching for two men, including one who ran from the scene on U.S. 27. The other fled in a beige Toyota Camry, the FHP said.

Howes said FHP troopers, some with tracking dogs, were called in from throughout Central Florida to help local police search for the two suspects.

Since 1939, Howes said, 39 other troopers and one FHP auxiliary trooper have died in the line of duty.

''It's a dangerous job. It's high risk,'' Howes said. ``Troopers know that. They are out there protecting the citizens of the state of Florida.''

Sottile is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter Heather and son Nicholas