Female Arkansas State Trooper Shoots Reportedly Drunk Illegal Immigrant In Head After Taser Fails

Dash cam footage of a female Arkansas state trooper shooting an illegal immigrant in the head after her taser failed has been released.

The dash cam footage shows Angel Zapet-Alverado, a Guatemalan, allegedly speeding up to 114 mph, which resulted in trooper Alexandria Duncan pulling over Zapet-Alverdo.

Once pulled over, Duncan asks Zapet-Alverdo to get out of his car, and he appears to resist arrest immediately.

Trooper Duncan, while struggling to arrest Zapet-Alverdo, attempts to use her taser multiple times, but Zapet-Alverdo  grabs her taser and throws it onto the interstate.

After the struggle continued, Duncan shot Zapet-Alverdo in the head.

The bullet grazed Zapet-Alverdo’s head, and he was taken to a nearby hospital.

Investigators reported Zapet-Alvarado’s toxicology results revealed his blood-alcohol level was 2x the legal limit.

Take a look:

Arkansas State Police🚔

•Angel Zapet-Alverado is an illegal alien from Guatemala.

•Driving drunk at 114mph.
•Resisted arrest, kicked female Trooper in the head multiple times & grabbed her Taser.

•Kylie Sutton💪stopped to help the cop.

•The OIS = all good✅ pic.twitter.com/wkNyZOIABM

— police.law.news (@policelawnews) September 19, 2024

Here’s the full chase and arrest:

Woman employed as an Arkansas state trooper pulls over a 26 year old illegal Guatemalan guy driving 114mph who was under the influence of alcohol.

She tries to arrest him. He's not about that life and resists. Attempts to use taser, fails. Random woman (Kylie Sutton)… pic.twitter.com/fyeAox6fQS

— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) September 19, 2024

Woman employed as an Arkansas state trooper pulls over a 26 year old illegal Guatemalan guy driving 114mph who was under the influence of alcohol.

She tries to arrest him. He's not about that life and resists. Attempts to use taser, fails. Random woman (Kylie Sutton)… pic.twitter.com/fyeAox6fQS

— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) September 19, 2024

Per KARK:

Dash cam footage released on Wednesday by Arkansas State Police shows a traffic stop that quickly turned into an officer-involved shooting that ended with the arrest of a 26-year-old man from Guatemala.

Dash cam footage shows blue lights and a pursuit that Arkansas State Police say started after a car flew by trooper Alexandria Duncan going 114 miles per hour on the night of July 27 on southbound I-49 near Rogers.

A minute and a half into the video the car comes to a stop. Duncan orders the driver, Angel Zapet-Alverado out of the vehicle.

Investigators said Duncan reached inside the vehicle to take the keys when the two began to struggle.

Investigators said Zapet-Alvarado’s toxicology results indicate that his blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

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Arkansas State Police🚔

•Angel Zapet-Alverado is an illegal alien from Guatemala.

•Driving drunk at 114mph.
•Resisted arrest, kicked female Trooper in the head multiple times & grabbed her Taser.

•Kylie Sutton💪stopped to help the cop.

•The OIS = all good✅ pic.twitter.com/wkNyZOIABM

— police.law.news (@policelawnews) September 19, 2024

Here’s what 5 News reported:

According to ASP, on July 27, Trooper Alexandria Duncan pulled over 26-year-old Angel Zapet-Alvarado around 7:45 p.m. for “traveling at a high rate of speed in heavy traffic.”

Once Duncan approached his vehicle, ASP said Zapet-Alvarado resisted and refused to exit the vehicle. In the video, Duncan can be seen approaching the vehicle, immediately opening the door, throwing his keys, and attempting to remove Zapet-Alvarado from the driver’s seat. In the dash cam footage, you can see the window going down as Duncan opens the door.

The footage released by ASP depicts a struggle between Duncan standing beside the driver’s side with the door open and Zapet-Alvarado inside the vehicle. Duncan is then seen pulling Zapet-Alvarado out of the car and to the ground while tasing him.

Zapet-Alvardo does not speak fluent English, according to his lawyer Aaron Cash with the Herrera Law Group NWA. He is an undocumented man from Guatemala, living in Arkansas.

In the video, Zapet-Alvardo seemed to refuse to get on his stomach, repeatedly asking “Why?”

Then he is seen wrestling with the trooper for a few minutes until another woman, a citizen who had been driving by on the interstate, arrives to assist the trooper.
After being tased multiple times, the video shows Zapet-Alvarado pulling the trooper’s taser from her hands and throwing it into interstate traffic.

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Duncan is heard asking the citizen to get the taser from the interstate, which she did. Zapet-Alvardo eventually overtook Duncan, and that’s when the bystander jumped on top of him to help.

After regaining control, Duncan ordered the woman to move before she pulled out her service weapon and fired at Zapet-Alvarado, grazing him over his right temple.