| By Bob Weaver
It's been eleven years since two West Virginia State Police troopers were gunned down in the line of duty in Clay County at the Wallback I-79 exchange.
On Aug. 28, 2012, Cpl. Marshall Bailey and Trooper Eric Workman were responding to what appeared to be a routine traffic stop, a traffic stop that turned deadly.
Luke Baber was driving under the influence on I-79 when Bailey and Workman pulled over his vehicle at the Wallback Park and Ride, where they called for a wrecker service.
After placing the suspect in the backseat of the cruiser, Baber got a a 9mm pistol and shoot both troopers, Bailey was dead, Workman died later.
When the wrecker driver, William Massey, arrived on the scene, he found Bailey and Workman unresponsive inside the cruiser. He was shot too, but survived.
Massey was able to return to his tow truck and call for help. Local, county and state authorities then launched a search for Baber, discovering him nearby. Then there was a shootout between Baber and police.
Roane County Deputy John Westfall was shot three times, his life being spared because he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Baber was killed in the shootout.
The WV Legislature passed a measure requiring all 55 county sheriff's departments to provide bullet-resistant vests to deputies.
UPDATED: TROOPER MARSHALL BAILEY FONDLY REMEMBERED - Former Calhoun Trooper Eric Workman On Life Support, Roane Deputy Expected To Recover, Details Of Incident Given
TIMELINES: WALLBACK SHOOT-OUT - Two Dead, Three Injured
NAMES RELEASED: WALLBACK SHOOTOUT LEAVES ONE STATE POLICEMAN DEAD, ONE CRITICAL - Suspect Killed, Roane Deputy Westfall
FORMER CALHOUN TROOPER WORKMAN HAS DIED - "Senseless And Cowardly Act"
MOURNERS VISIT SITE OF TRAGIC SHOOTING - 'There Are Truly Evil People,' Makeshift Memorials And Messages
TROOPER WORKMAN 'STARTED SLOW, FINISHED STRONG' - Laid To Rest In Clay County
'WHAT KILLED LUKE WAS DRUG ABUSE' - Baber Family Breaks Silence Over Tragic Killings
'GO REST HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN' - Calhoun Remembers Trooper Workman
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