That guy’s got a gun, ‘ ” LeDoux said. I tackled him. We hit the bottom.
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“I put the handcuffs on him, and my buddy Sam was holding him”.
Daigle is white and so was Vincent, he said.
A friend and colleague of Vincent’s, state police Sgt. She described him as in and out of jail for the past decade, in chronic pain from past ankle and hip injuries, and “troubled”. He was the first of four people who stopped to help. Three men stopped him and urged him to turn around.
Instead of leaving, LeDoux said, “I took off running”.
According to police, Vincent was shot by Kevin Daigle with a sawed off shutgun.
LeDoux stated it wasn’t till he noticed the trooper’s identify tag that he realized he knew the officer as a result of he was good buddies with the officer’s brother, additionally in regulation enforcement.
LeDoux did not speak at the news conference.
Calcasieu Parish Tony Mancuso said authorities found the body Monday morning at his home in Moss Bluff after the man did not go to work.
“I watched… saw the door come straight open and he pulled out a shotgun – a sawed-off shotgun”.
It’s unclear whether Daigle has a lawyer, and Louisiana state police did not immediately return ABC News’ request for comment.
Upon arrival, a sheriff’s deputy found Brewer dead and signs of a struggle.
Authorities have charged Daigle with first-degree homicide within the trooper’s slaying.
But he charged up anyway to try to help the trooper. However they’re nonetheless making an attempt to determine what triggered him. Daigle had a record and was known to authorities already.
“He’s really a hero to us”, Anderson said. “It’s somebody we’ve dealt with before”.
Louisiana State Police Facebook imageThis photo released by the Louisiana State Police shows Kevin Daigle, 54, of Lake Charles, La. who is suspected of shooting and killing trooper Steven Vincent.
Vincent then told the driver that help was on the way to get the truck out of the ditch, Edmonson said.
Edmonson said the gunshot “messed up (Vincent’s) neurological output”, leaving the trooper in critical condition Sunday. “You’re going to die soon”, he said the man told the trooper.
The police suspect Daigle had been consuming and stated one other sort of drug was in his system, however gave no additional particulars.
Vincent, 43, is survived by his wife and 9-year-old son.
As police continued to gather evidence at Brewer’s house, Louisiana State Police offered somber details of when and where they’ll bury one of their own.
“Two-thirds of his life in the last 18 years was spent incarcerated”, said Michael Cassidy, the district attorney whose office prosecuted Daigle for crimes in Jefferson Davis Parish.
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“Nobody wore this badge more proudly than Steven Vincent“, Edmonson said. “This loss exacts an enormous emotional toll on the State Police family, but we will do what is necessary and proper to honor Steven and support those who knew and loved him”.
