The man who was shot and killed by an Indiana State Police trooper Friday night near Crawfordsville had a previous roadside incident with a state trooper.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (WTHR) — The man who was shot and killed by an Indiana State Police trooper Friday night near Crawfordsville had a previous roadside incident with a state trooper.

Police say 56-year-old Glenn Rightsell reached for a gun when he was shot by Trooper Daniel Organ December 28 around 6:35 p.m. Organ says Rightsell failed to comply with directions and grabbed the gun on his waist. Rightsell was working on his daughter’s broken-down SUV on U.S. 231 just south of Linden when Organ arrived to investigate.

Friends and family of Rightsell find it hard to believe what state police are telling them about the incident. But some 13 years ago, Rightsell pleaded guilty in another roadside incident with state police.

Court records say that on December 18, 2005, Rightsell was stopped north of Linden on U.S. 231 driving a Chevrolet GEO with no registration and a plate belonging to someone else. When a state trooper told him the vehicle would be impounded, Rightsell sped off and drove to his nearby home in Linden. Parked in his front yard, Rightsell refused to exit the vehicle. When two troopers opened a door, he allegedly kicked them and had to be pepper sprayed and still continued to resist arrest. When taken to jail, Rightsell allegedly became verbally aggressive with another inmate.

A felony charge of resisting law enforcement was dropped when Rightsell pleaded guilty to misdemeanors of resisting law enforcement and speeding. He received a sentence of one year in jail, with all but five days suspended. He was fined $314 and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service with one year of supervised probation.

In a separate 2003 incident, Rightsell pleaded guilty to criminal conversion and criminal recklessness with a vehicle. He has no felony convictions and held a permit for the gun that was at his waist Friday night.

Video taken moments after Friday's shooting by a nearby homeowner shows police taking Rightsell into custody and escorting him to an ambulance. Family said Rightsell was shot in the face, the bullet piercing his bottom lip and shattering his jaw before lodging in the soft tissue of his throat. But the family says his airway and main artery were not impacted and "there is no reason" he should have died if given timelier and more appropriate first aid.

Rightsell’s family also believes the state police should not handle the investigation of a deadly shooting by one of its own troopers. The family raised those concerns with Governor Eric Holcomb’s office, but says they were “blown off” and told to let the investigation run its course.

"No way can I see Glenn doing the things that this officer said,” said Jeff Jirtle, a longtime friend of Rightsell. “If he reached for his gun, it's a bull**** lie. Glenn would've never done that."

Trooper Organ is assigned to the Lafayette State Police Post and has been on the job just over a year. Organ has no disciplinary record and is on administrative leave.

The Montgomery County coroner says the autopsy is complete, but he is waiting on test results before issuing an official cause of death. He would not confirm the extent of Rightsell’s injuries.