A Maryland state trooper was shot during a traffic stop on Monday night. Shortly after the stop, the driver was found slumped over the wheel with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
, whose name was not released, conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota Prius in Vienna, Maryland on U.S. Route 50, just before 10 p.m.
Police said the trooper returned fire, though neither Copper nor the other two passengers in the vehicle were struck. Copper fled the scene, heading eastbound on Route 50. Another trooper who was on his way home overheard the situation on the radio and responded to the scene, where he found the trooper suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and provided first aid until emergency medical services arrived.
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