New York State Police have suspended a trooper without pay after launching an investigation into his account of being shot and wounded while trying to help a motorist on a Long Island highway

New York State Police are looking into the credibility of Trooper Thomas Mascia's claim he was shot last week on Long Island.

New York State Police have launched an investigation into a trooper who said he was shot and wounded while attempting to help a motorist on a Long Island highway last week, an incident that prompted a manhunt for the purported gunman.

A New York State Police trooper who claimed he was shot on a roadway in the region has been sidelined amid doubts about his story. On Long Island, trooper Thomas Mascia, age 27, was suspended without pay and stripped of his agency-issued service weapon,