Louisiana trooper dies after being shot in head, police say

[techbeck]

A Louisiana state trooper died Monday from injuries he suffered when he was shot in the head Sunday afternoon by a man whose pickup truck had run into a ditch, and who got out of the truck with a sawed-off shotgun.

"As an organization, we are heartbroken over this senseless and tragic death," the police department wrote in a Facebook post.

Police video showed 43-year-old Senior Trooper Steven Vincent, a 13-year state police veteran in southwest Louisiana and member of a law enforcement family, trying to talk a man out of the vehicle stuck sideways in a ditch, Col. Mike Edmonson said Sunday night.

He said the truck door opened and the man, identified as Kevin Daigle, 54, of Lake Charles, came out with the shotgun.

"That shotgun wasn't to do anything else but hurt someone. Kill someone," Edmonson said during a news conference late Sunday.

He said the tape shows the shotgun blast. "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, doing major damage. "His brain is not telling his body what to do," Edmonson said.

After the shooting, he 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.

He said two or three drivers stopped immediately, one of them making a quick turnaround 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. As far as he knew, he said, the good Samaritans were unhurt.

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[FloatingFatMan]

Just another day in the world we've made for ourselves.

RIP Officer Vincent. I'm sorry that so many of your fellow citizens are complete frickin' lunatics.

[DocM]

RIP

One more argument against leniency,

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Daigle has lengthy criminal history, including previous charge of battery of a police officer

Johnathan Manning

Aug 24, 2015 11:00 AM

CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - The man suspected in a shooting of a state trooper near Bell City Sunday afternoon was previously charged with battery of a police officer.

Kevin Daigle, 54, has a lengthy criminal history in Jeff Davis Parish, according to information provided by Sheriff Ivy Woods.

Authorities said Daigle shot State Trooper Steven Vincent, 43, in the head during a traffic incident. Daigle is to be charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. Click HERE for more information on the shooting.

Daigle has previously been booked into the Jeff Davis Parish jail at least 12 times, dating to 1987. His arrest history includes bookings for theft, battery, drugs and DWI.

He was charged with battery of a police officer in 2003, at which time he was also charged with aggravated assault by domestic abuse and two counts of simple burglary.

In 2012, Daigle was arrested on counts of simple arson and conspiring to commit arson.

Daigle had two addresses in Jeff Davis Parish, but was not living at either of those, Woods said. Daigle was living in Moss Bluff with a friend, whose truck he was driving at the time of the incident.

 

[Slugsie]

A great shame that an officer died after apparently stopping to assist the driver stuck in a ditch.

Seems to be what happens when you let deranged lunatics run around with firearms however. Given his criminal history, I'm guessing Daigle wasn't actually supposed to have a shotgun? Also interesting to note that he was taken down by two unarmed private citizens, which demonstrates it can be done.

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A great shame that an officer died after apparently stopping to assist the driver stuck in a ditch.

Seems to be what happens when you let deranged lunatics run around with firearms however. Given his criminal history, I'm guessing Daigle wasn't actually supposed to have a shotgun? Also interesting to note that he was taken down by two unarmed private citizens, which demonstrates it can be done.

True, that being said it would have gone a lot faster if one was armed and just popped a few in him.

[techbeck]

 Also interesting to note that he was taken down by two unarmed private citizens, which demonstrates it can be done.

Shotgun most likely was out of ammo at the time or the guy was in a position where he was surprised by the people who took him down.