Duanesburg State Trooper Shot on I-88, Suspect Dead

A state trooper making a traffic stop along I-88 in Duanesburg was shot in the arm by a passenger who fired the gun and fled. The trooper returned fire and the occupants left the vehicle. The gunman, identified as Nelson Troche, 32, of Schenectady, was found about an hour and a half later in a wooded area off Darby Hill Road in Duanesburg with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Trooper Richard Albert, assigned to the Cobleskill station, was released later in the day from Ellis Hospital. The shooting points out the inherent dangers of police work and how quickly a seemingly routine traffic stop can turn violent.