A Mississippi state trooper was shot at Thursday following an early-morning traffic stop in Holmes County but sustained no injuries, according to authorities.
Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said the unnamed trooper had made a routine traffic stop at about 6:30 a.m. when the young man he pulled over sped away.
During the subsequent chase, the man shot out the trooper’s tires and a headlight with a handgun, incapacitating the trooper’s car near Newport Baptist Church off of Mississippi 17.
March said he then received a tip that the young man was headed toward Lexington and notified Lexington police. Lexington officers engaged in another car chase, which ended when the suspect fled from his vehicle on foot into the woods.
The Lexington officers and personnel from the Holmes County Sheriff’s Department pursued on foot, and the suspect was apprehended. “He hasn’t been charged yet to my knowledge, but we do have a person of interest in custody,” March said late Thursday afternoon.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, according to a release from the state Department of Public Safety.
Contact Katherine Parker at 662-581-7239 or kparker@gwcommonwealth.com.
