Louisiana State Trooper Shot In Head During Stop; Motorists Stop Gunman

Investigators said he made contact with Kevin Daigle, 54, who was the only person inside the truck.

“At a Sunday night news conference in Lake Charles carried live by KPLC-TV, he said Vincent was hit by two or three buckshot pellets. Here’s a guy who’s given 13 years to the Louisiana State Police”, Edmonson said.

After the shooting, he said, Daigle wandered into the road and over to Vincent, asking if he was alive. “Let me tell you something, that shotgun wasn’t to do anything else but hurt somebody, kill somebody”. “You’re going to die soon”, he heard the man tell the trooper. Responding Troopers, law enforcement, and medical personnel from the area arrived at the scene shortly thereafter placing Daigle into custody and transporting Trooper Vincent via Acadian Air Med to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

Daigle was also taken to a hospital, Anderson said but did not give further details. Kevin Daigle faces attempted first degree murder of a police officer charges.

“He struggled with the blokes who got here to help – had some scrapes on him and so forth”, Anderson stated.

He said both men are white.

Vincent was shot after receiving a call that Daigle was driving erratically and had drove his pickup truck into a ditch. 14 just outside Bell City where the trooper stopped to approach a vehicle in a ditch, detained the shooter around 2:43 p.m., said Anderson.

The Facebook message’s subject line read “Trooper Critically Injured – Prayers Needed”.

Within an hour, 5,100 people had shared the post and almost 2,000 had posted messages saying they were praying. Vincent, a veteran, is married with a 9-year-old son. “Trooper Vincent remains in a fight for his life this evening and we must remember his unwavering service and spirit as we continue to pray for his recovery”.

As he ended the interview, he said, ‘Prayers. “He deserves a future – not to die like this”.