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| State trooper shot and killed by man whose truck was stuck in ditch | State trooper shot and killed by man whose truck was stuck in ditch |
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| A veteran Louisiana state police trooper has died of a head wound suffered while he tried to help a stranded motorist. | A veteran Louisiana state police trooper has died of a head wound suffered while he tried to help a stranded motorist. |
| Colonel Mike Edmonson, head of the Louisiana state police, said 43-year-old senior trooper Steven Vincent died at a hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Monday. Edmonson said Vincent was shot on Sunday by a man whose pickup truck was stuck sideways in a ditch. | |
| Edmonson added that 54-year-old Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles had been arrested and faced charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. | Edmonson added that 54-year-old Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles had been arrested and faced charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. |
| Daigle was wrestled to the ground by other motorists who saw the fallen policeman. | Daigle was wrestled to the ground by other motorists who saw the fallen policeman. |
| On Sunday, during a news conference, Edmonson said police video showed the shooting. | On Sunday, during a news conference, Edmonson said police video showed the shooting. |
| “I saw my trooper go backwards and back toward his unit, where he was going to try to get some help out there,” Edmonson said. | “I saw my trooper go backwards and back toward his unit, where he was going to try to get some help out there,” Edmonson said. |
| At least two or three buckshot pellets hit Vincent. After the shooting, Edmonson said, Daigle wandered into the road and over to Vincent, asking if he was alive. | At least two or three buckshot pellets hit Vincent. After the shooting, Edmonson said, Daigle wandered into the road and over to Vincent, asking if he was alive. |
| “You could hear him breathing, telling him, ‘You’re lucky. You’re lucky you’re going to die soon.’ That’s the words that came out of his mouth,” Edmonson said. | “You could hear him breathing, telling him, ‘You’re lucky. You’re lucky you’re going to die soon.’ That’s the words that came out of his mouth,” Edmonson said. |
| He said two or three drivers stopped immediately, one of them slewing around on the two-lane highway. That driver wrestled the shotgun away from Daigle, and, with the others, got him to the ground and snapped Vincent’s handcuffs on his wrists. | He said two or three drivers stopped immediately, one of them slewing around on the two-lane highway. That driver wrestled the shotgun away from Daigle, and, with the others, got him to the ground and snapped Vincent’s handcuffs on his wrists. |
| Edmonson said Daigle had “numerous DWIs” and other arrests that he would not discuss because he did not know if they resulted in convictions. | Edmonson said Daigle had “numerous DWIs” and other arrests that he would not discuss because he did not know if they resulted in convictions. |
| Sergeant James Anderson, south-west Louisiana spokesman for state police, said Daigle also was in a hospital. | |
| “He struggled with the guys who came to assist had some scrapes on him and so on,” Anderson said. He said both men were white. | “He struggled with the guys who came to assist had some scrapes on him and so on,” Anderson said. He said both men were white. |
| Anderson said police had received calls on Sunday about a maroon Dodge pickup truck with a camper shell that was driving erratically. A bit later, it was reported in a ditch. Vincent got to the truck at 2.43pm, Anderson said. | Anderson said police had received calls on Sunday about a maroon Dodge pickup truck with a camper shell that was driving erratically. A bit later, it was reported in a ditch. Vincent got to the truck at 2.43pm, Anderson said. |
| Edmonson said Vincent was a 13-year Louisiana state police veteran who was married and had a nine-year-old son. | Edmonson said Vincent was a 13-year Louisiana state police veteran who was married and had a nine-year-old son. |