Thomas Mascia shot himself at Hempstead Lake State Park then stashed the gun, drove to the highway and called for help, prosecutors said Monday. He also allegedly planted shell casings at the scene.

A former New York state trooper who claimed he had been shot on a Long Island highway by an unknown gunman, setting off a multistate manhunt, actually shot himself and stashed the gun at his home ...

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When Trooper Thomas Mascia reported that he’d been shot last fall, it set off a multiday, multistate manhunt for a vehicle and driver that authorities now say he made up entirely. State ...

NY state trooper shot on Long Island released from hospital The search continues for the gunman who shot Trooper Thomas Mascia and a $15,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to ...