Trooper released from hospital after being shot in the head

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The suspect’s bullet riddled vehicle after the shooting of a State Police trooper Tuesday in Jeffersonville. Photo courtesy of Indiana State Police.
Trooper Morgenn Evans. Photo courtesy of Indiana State Police

An Indiana State Police trooper is out of the hospital and recovering after being shot in the head Tuesday evening in southern Indiana. State police spokesman Sgt. Jerry Goodin released photos of the wound caused by the bullet that grazed Trooper Morgenn Evans forehead when he was fired at while making a traffic stop in Jeffersonville.

Another photo shows the pickup driven by the suspect, 79-year-old Oscar Kays, which appears to be riddled with bullets around the drivers side.

Police say Kays was found at his home and taken into custody without incident. Goodin said that Kays appears to have been shot in the incident, but police are not yet saying whether he was shot by Trooper Evans or by his own gun.

A bullet grazed the forehead of an Indiana State Police trooper during a Tuesday shootout in Jeffersonville. Indiana State Police photo.

Goodin says that Evans was released from University of Louisville Hospital yesterday and is expected to make a full recovery.