A State Police trooper severely injured by a Hammond Police vehicle last week succumbs to his injuries.
33-year-old Trooper George Baker was reportedly picking up devices laid out to deflate a fleeing suspect’s tires when he was hit by Hammond Police. State Police Trooper Jeremy Price says Baker was a model trooper.
“Baker was a ten-year law enforcement and military veteran, and a vigil of family, friends, and his fellow troopers remained at the hospital from the very beginning to his passing,” says Baker.
Baker spent eight years in the Marine reserves where he served one combat deployment in the Middle East.
Price says Baker had a lifelong desire to become a Louisiana State Police Trooper and protect his community, and even after his death Price says Baker continues to show his commitment to community and selfless service by donating his organs so that others may live.
Baker joined LSP in 2017 and had prior stints with the Greensburg Police Department and St. Helena Parish Sheriff.
Price says Baker is the 30th LSP Trooper to die in the line of duty an the first to die in the line of duty since Senior Trooper Steven Vincent of Troop D in August of 2015. Vincent was fatally shot by a motorist in Calcasieu Parish he thought was broken down on the side of the road.
Price says Trooper Baker continued to show his commitment to community and selfless service as he donated his organs.
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