'He's got a gun!' Video shows driver shoot Illinois trooper who pulled over to help him

Illinois State Police released video of a deadly confrontation between a driver and a state trooper Tuesday in Mount Vernon.

The video shows Griffn continued to struggle against police, saying "I was in the military. You're going to have to shoot me."

One of the troopers deployed a taser, sending Griffin to the ground. Griffin managed to get into the passenger seat of the car and pulled out a gun on police.The other state trooper returned fire and helped get his fellow trooper away from behind Griffin's car.The officer suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released from a regional hospital, ISP said.

Santos was taken into custody at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on a no-bond arrest warrant out of New Mexico, where she has a pending aggravated assault with a firearm case, in which Griffin was her codefendant. All the news you need to know, every day

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