BATON ROUGE, La. — The man who allegedly shot an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputy Sunday morning was killed by law enforcement after a lengthy manhunt.
According to a report from our partners at The Advocate/Times-Picayune, the suspect was shot and killed after a manhunt in the woods near the Amite River.
The suspect, who has not been identified, allegedly opened fire on a deputy trying to make a traffic stop around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Officials said deputy attempted to make the stop because they suspected the driver was falling asleep behind the wheel.
Police say the driver crashed his vehicle, then shot at the deputy through his back windshield. A bullet grazed the deputy's leg before the suspect took off running and the manhunt began. The unidentified deputy was treated at a hospital for his wound.
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