State Police investigating the injuring of a sheriff’s deputy and shooting death of the suspect in Chalmette

State Police are investigating the injuring of a A St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s deputy and the shooting death of the suspect in an incident at the entrance of a mobile home park in Chalmette on Tuesday afternoon.

State Police spokesman Trooper Evan Harrell said the officer was struck in the back of the head with an object and suffered lacerations and was knocked to the ground. The suspect was shot and killed in the incident that happened about 2 p.m. at Andres Street and East St. Bernard Highway at the entrance of a mobile home park.

The name of the man killed hadn’t been released. The officer was taken to a hospital in Chalmette where he was treated and later released.

The incident remains under investigation, State Police said.