WALLA WALLA — A Washington State Patrol trooper was shot and seriously hurt Thursday in Walla Walla, according to law enforcement officials.
At about 5:20 p.m. Thursday, someone rammed the unnamed trooper’s vehicle and then shot him, Trooper Sarah Clasen told the Tri-City Herald.
The trooper remained conscious and alert and drove himself a little more than a mile and a half to Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Clasen said.
No further information about his condition was immediately available.
Clasen said a suspect in the incident was in custody by 6 p.m. and that the State Patrol had contact with the suspect earlier in the day.
An investigation is ongoing.
