NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest on the shooting of a Louisiana State Police trooper, who died Monday of his wounds (all times local):
10:34 a.m.
Louisiana State Police say the man accused of shooting a trooper in the head will be charged with first-degree murder of an officer.
Senior Trooper
Steven Vincent died Monday at a hospital in Lake Charles, a day after he was shot by a man whose pickup truck was stuck sideways in a ditch.
Col.
Mike Edmonson, head of the Louisiana State Police, said during a news conference that officials are working to charge 54-year-old
Kevin Daigle with first-degree murder. He already had 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.
Edmonson says Vincent was a 13-year Louisiana State Police veteran who was married and has a nine-year-old son.
9:07 a.m.
A veteran Louisiana State Police trooper has died of a head wound suffered while he tried to help a stranded motorist.
Col.
Mike Edmonson, head of the Louisiana State Police, says 43-year-old Senior Trooper
Steven Vincent died Monday at a hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Edmonson says Vincent was shot by a man whose pickup truck was stuck sideways in a ditch.
Edmonson says 54-year-old
Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles has been arrested. Daigle faces charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer.
Daigle was wrestled to the ground by other motorists who saw the fallen policeman.
Edmonson says Vincent was a 13-year Louisiana State Police veteran who was married and has a nine-year-old son.
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