A suspect was injured after shots were fired during an attempted traffic stop involving two h State Police troopers late Monday in Kenner, according to State Police.
Shortly after 10 p.m., the two State Police troopers attempted to stop a vehicle on Veterans Boulevard near Roosevelt Boulevard. During the attempted traffic stop, shots were fired, State Police said in a news release.
Melissa Matey, a spokeswoman for the State Police, identified the injured person as 34--year-old Allen Cazabon III of Harvey.
Cazabon is currently in stable condition at a nearby hospital, Matey said, after receiving non-life-threatening injuries.
He has been placed under arrest for assaulting an officer with a motor vehicle.
He was also booked for resisting arrest with force and aggravated criminal damage to property. Cazabon has additional active felony warrants from Jefferson Parish for narcotics violations, Matey said.
The two troopers were not injured.
The h State Police Bureau of Investigations is investigating the incident.