Suspect Arrested In Chase That Killed North Carolina Trooper

Authorities have arrested a man wanted in a chase that led to the death of a North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper. 

Twenty-four-year-old Trooper Samuel Newton Bullard was killed when he and a second trooper were chasing a suspect who fled a driver's license checkpoint on Monday.

The other trooper was leading the chase when he noticed Bullard was no longer behind him. Bullard's patrol car had hit a bridge support along Interstate 77 in Yadkin County.

Twenty-two-year-old Dakota Kape Whitt of Elkin was arrested early Wednesday morning. 

According to a news release, Whitt is charged with murder, fleeing to elude arrest and driving with a revoked license.

Whitt is being held in the Wilkes County jail.

Bullard had worked with the patrol for three years.