Trooper shoots, kills man on Robert Moses Causeway

Steven Barraco, of Deer Park, who was fatally shot by a New York State Police trooper on the Robert Moses Causeway Sunday, September 13.

Officials investigate the Robert Moses Causeway where a man was shot to death by a New York State Trooper during a violent altercation. (Sept. 13, 2009)

Police close off all northbound lanes of the Robert Moses Causeway after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009 by James Carbone)

Police close off all lanes of the northbound Robert Moses Causeway after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)

Police close off all lanes of the northbound Robert Moses Causeway after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)

All lanes on the northbound and southbound lanes of the Robert Moses Causeway were shutdown after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)

Traffic was at a standstill on the northbound Robert Moses Causeway after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)

All lanes on the northbound and southbound lanes of the Robert Moses Causeway were shutdown after a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)

A police helicopter flies over the marshes near Robert Moses Causeway, where a state trooper shot and killed a man on the bridge about 3:30 p.m. (Sept. 13, 2009)