Louisiana State Trooper dies after yesterday shooting

by The Right Scoop

Sadly Steven J. Vincent, the Louisiana State Trooper who was shot yesterday during a traffic stop has died from his wounds.

ABC NEWS – Louisiana State Police Senior Trooper Steven J. Vincent has died, one day after he was critically injured in a shooting at a traffic stop Sunday, officials said.

“I am very saddened to report that Senior Trooper Steven Vincent has passed away this morning from the gunshot wounds he suffered yesterday in conjunction with a traffic investigation,” Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson said in a statement today. “As an organization, we are heartbroken over this senseless and tragic death.”

Senior Trooper Vincent served the Lake Charles community in Troop D since December 2003, the state police said.


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