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Byline: Marcie Young
Feb. 22--Five law enforcement officers involved in a Tuesday shooting that killed a man have been placed on administrative leave, authorities said. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting that killed Marty Dale Rogers, 32, in a field near his home north of Conover and about 70 miles northwest of Charlotte. Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman said Rogers, who was dressed in camouflage and hiding in the field's thick brush with an automatic rifle, was a threat to the officers surrounding him and that authorities had no choice but to fire. The Catawba County Sheriff's Office has put four members of the STAR team --…