Monday, December 2, 2024
There are two investigations being conducted into the Oct. 30 shooting involving New York State Trooper Thomas Mascia.
Mascia originally said an unidentified driver shot him along the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead.
It appears that that story is not true. Mascia, 27, said he was shot by a motorist after the trooper stopped to help what he that was a person in distress. State police said the incident was not on Mascia’s body camera footage.
“Based our investigation so far, we have reason to believe that the incident did not occur the way it was reported,” Troop L Commander Major Stephen Udice said at a Nov. 6 news conference.
Most recently, PIX11 television reported that nearly $1 million in cash and steroids were found in Mascia's home.
State trooper officials said that they "cannot comment" on that information as the investigation is continuing, but hope to have new information soon.
He was suspended without pay a few days ago and his trooper ID, duty weapon and badge were taken from Mascia.
State police searched Mascia’s home in West Hempstead to obtain his weapons, along with any other guns.
State trooper body cameras are set to start recording when the state police car’s emergency lights are turned on, state police said. State police officials said only Mascia’s rear emergency lights were activated during the shooting.
“A member of the state police can be found to be in violation of our rules and regulations, even in the absence of a crime," Uldice said. Thomas Mascia was found to be violation of our rules and regulations."
Police said they are not looking anymore for a Dodge Charge that was alleged to have been involved in the incident.
Thomas Mascia was released from the hospital on Nov. 1.
Coming out of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow in a wheelchair, Mascia was cheered by a few hundred of his fellow state troopers.
Mascia made a vehicle stop on the Southern State Parkway thinking he was going to assist a stranded motorist, when he said he was fired upon and struck in the right leg near Exit 17 by West Hempstead around 11:45 p.m., state police said. He underwent surgery for his injuries.
