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Update 8pm/EST – Video of shooter being taken into custody HERE – LOUISIANA – A Louisiana State trooper is in serious condition in a hospital after a traffic stop lead to a shooting near Bell City, La.
According to LSP Sgt. James Anderson, the trooper was responding to a vehicle driving in an unsafe manner when he located the vehicle in a ditch on LA Hwy 14 near Fruge Road around 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
A struggle ensued between the driver of the vehicle and the trooper.
The trooper was shot in the head.
The Trooper was transported to a Lake Charles hospital and listed in critical condition.
Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael D. Edmonson says, the driver was detained by passing motorists as additional citizens gave aid to the trooper until medical assistance arrived on the scene.
The accused shooter is believed to have been impaired during the incident, and is also in the hospital. The driver’s condition is unknown. (link)