WYOMING – A Be On the Lookout (BOLO) call resulted in an exchange of gunfire over the weekend as a state trooper and deputy sheriff were involved but not injured.
On Saturday, May 26, law enforcement received a BOLO advisory for a suicidal subject driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup in Albany County, Wyoming. The subject and vehicle were located by a Wyoming highway Patrol trooper and an Albany County Deputy on Vedauwoo Road (Forest Service Road 700) in the Medicine Bow National Forest, approximately 12 miles east of Laramie.
After locating the subject, the trooper and the deputy became involved in a shooting incident with the subject who was armed with a firearm. The subject was taken into custody and the officers rendered medical aid until paramedics arrived on scene. The subject was taken by helicopter to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. The subject’s condition is unknown at this time.
Neither the trooper nor the deputy were injured.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has been requested to investigate the incident. As is standard in any WHP Trooper involved shooting incident, the trooper has been placed on paid administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.
