Search canceled for car with NJ plates in NY trooper shooting

✅ N.Y. State Police said the driver of a sedan with temporary NJ plates shot a trooper

✅ "Be on the Lookout" was canceled Monday

✅ Police with a search warrant searched the trooper's home on Monday

The search for a car with New Jersey temporary plates in connection with a police shooting on Long Island has been called off.

Trooper Thomas Mascia, 27, was shot in the leg after he stopped to assist the driver of a sedan parked on the left shoulder of the westbound Southern State Parkway in the area of Exit 17 in West Hempstead around 11:45 p.m., according to New York State Police Superintendent Steven James. Police said they were looking for a black sedan, possibly a Dodge Charger.

The trooper was released from a hospital Friday following surgery.

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Trooper's home searched

The BOLO (Be on the Lookout) for the Charger was canceled by New York State police on Monday, according to a statement. A search warrant was being executed at Mascia’s home. The reason for the search was not disclosed.

In a statement to CBS New York, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said investigators are looking into "certain inconsistencies" in Mascia's story. Unnamed sources "familiar with the investigation"  told ABC 7 Eyewitness News they are looking at whether or not  Mascia shot himself.

There is no body cam footage of the incident.

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