EAST GREENBUSH — State police released this afternoon the in-car video from a trooper's patrol car of a highway shooting that sent frightened motorists fleeing along Interstate 90 on Saturday.

Police say 22-year-old Darrel Brown was the sole passenger in a taxi he hired to take him from Hartford, Conn., to an undisclosed location in the Albany area. The cab was stopped for speeding on Interstate 90 near East Greenbush late Saturday afternoon. Brown opened fire with an assault rifle on the trooper who was interviewing the driver and him.

State police released this video from a trooper's in-car camera of Saturday's shooting incident on Interstate 90 in East Greenbush.
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After the trooper got himself and the driver to safety, more police came and Brown was shot multiple times. The taxi, two trooper vehicles and two bystanders’ vehicles were struck by bullets, but no officers or bystanders were hit. The highway was closed for nearly eight hours as police investigated.

Brown was the only one wounded in the shooting and was taken to Albany Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition this afternoon. Police said he is in a coma and that he is not expected to survive.

Maj. William Sprague of State Police Troop G said this afternoon Brown had been arrested before, but wouldn’t provide any more details. Police are working with authorities in Hartford.

Police are also still working to determine why Brown was coming to the Albany area and whether he legally owned the weapon, said Sprague.

Sprague said Brown ignored attempts by police to communicate with him during the shooting, but at one point shouted at police “Shoot me! Kill me!”