POTSDAM - A man killed late Monday after wounding a state trooper was a registered sex offender who had spent more than six years in state prison for crimes against young girls, but a neighbor remembered the slain suspect for the time he brought her some apples.

Steven McUmber, 45, was killed outside his upstate New York home by the wounded trooper after defying police commands and approaching them aggressively, Acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton said.

Gloria Weller, who lives across the street from where McUmber and his girlfriend lived, said Tuesday she met McUmber twice when he came to one of her garage sales.

“He didn't buy anything. But afterward, he came back and brought me some apples from his apple tree, which I thought was nice,” said Weller, who has lived in her house for 38 years.