Kevin Daigle can be heard rifling through Louisiana State Police Trooper Steven Vincent’s pockets while yelling obscenities at him in video footage shown to jurors Sunday during the second day of testimony in the penalty phase of Daigle’s first-degree murder conviction. Daigle was convicted in 2019 of fatally shooting Vincent in the face when the officer tried to help him on the side of the road on Aug. 23, 2015.

“Oh, I need that. I need that,” Daigle can be heard saying as Vincent lays on the pavement next to his unit. “You still alive? You lucky bastard. You’re still going to die.”

The footage was presented in a dual-screen format showing both dash cam video from Vincent’s unit and footage from a GoPro camera that was attached to the dashboard of motorist Robert LeDoux’s Jeep. LeDoux is often referred to as “the Good Samaritan” by former State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson for being the first person to stop and render aid to Vincent after the shooting.

LeDoux can be heard in the footage from Vincent’s unit screaming to Daigle, “Hands up, dude. Hands off, man,” as he exits his Jeep.

LeDoux testified on Saturday he took off running toward Daigle and tackled him to the ground with his left shoulder. He said he kept Daigle pinned to the ground with his face on the pavement until motorists from another passing vehicle stopped to help.

“I’ve got a state trooper down, bleeding out of the head,” LeDoux can then be heard saying on the video while using the radio from Vincent’s unit. “He’s out and he’s bleeding and he’s bubbling.”

The fellow motorists who helped LeDoux — Charlie Bercier and Sam Edmondson — can be heard screaming at Daigle not to move as they wait for authorities to arrive.

Repeatedly Daigle asks to be moved to the grass and off the pavement.

“You’re burning me,” he yells. “Oh it’s hell. It’s hot. Put me on the grass.” He later begs to be shot. “Please, please, just shoot me. Please.”

Cheryl Swearingen, a State Police forensic scientist within the firearms division, testified Sunday that the gun Daigle used to shoot Vincent was a shortened single-shot shotgun with a sawed-off barrel and buck stop, “which means the pellets fired disperse wider and faster” than when fired from a legal-length gun.

She said anywhere from 12 to 16 pellets from a single shotgun shell were fired at Vincent when Daigle pulled the trigger.

Paul Berry, chief technical officer of the State Police DNA crime lab, testified that blood from Blake Brewer, Daigle’s roommate, was also found on the muzzle and trigger of the same shotgun.

Calcasieu Parish Assistant District Attorney Charles Robinson on Saturday told jurors Daigle had killed Brewer the same day he shot Vincent.

Capt. Beth McGee, who was part of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office’s violent crimes division, testified she was among the deputies who discovered Brewer’s body inside the home he shared with Daigle. She said her team was sent to check on Brewer’s welfare after his employer called their office to say it was unusual that he hadn’t shown up to work.

She said blood splatter could be seen on the floor, walls and a couch near Brewer’s body. The original barrel from the sawed-off shotgun was also found on a bookshelf in the home’s kitchen.

Calcasieu Coroner Dr. Terry Welke told jurors Brewer died at 2 a.m. Aug. 23 from a gunshot wound to his chest and he ruled the manner of death a homicide. He performed Vincent’s autopsy two days later and said his cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was also homicide.

Jane Duhon, who is a retired supervising officer for the Louisiana Department of Corrections, Probation and Parole, was previously Daigle’s parole officer.

Duhon testified Daigle has four previous convictions — DWI, third offense; simple criminal damage to property; simple burglary; and simple arson.

She confirmed Daigle suffered from both substance abuse and mental illness.

“When he appeared intoxicated, he was very aggravated,” she said. “When he wasn’t intoxicated, he was pleasant.”

Duhon said her opinion of Daigle has since changed.

“Before this, he wasn’t the worst of the worst,” she told jurors. “After this, I would say he was the worst of the worst.”

Dr. Patrick Hayes, a board certified psychiatrist who specializes in substance abuse, testified he was asked by the prosecution team to examine Daigle beginning in 2017.

Hayes said during his meetings with him, Daigle told him he had been headed to his son’s house with the intention of shooting him in the leg when he crossed paths with Vincent.

There is no evidence Daigle “was out of his mind with intoxication” at the time of Vincent’s shooting, Hayes said.

“Kevin Daigle is proud of his substance abuse use” and is “super pleased” with himself for knowing the species names for his drugs of choice, Hayes said. “He sees himself as highly intelligent and a criminal mastermind.”

Contrary to what defense attorney Bruce Unangst said in his opening arguments, Hayes said Daigle does have some memory of the shootings.

“When it fits his needs, he is more apologetic and passive,” Hayes — who said Daigle meets all the criteria for an anti-social disorder — said.

Hayes said Daigle remembers the killings but will claim to have gaps in his memory.

“He was on his way to shoot his child, yet he shot Trooper Vincent who was being nice to him,” Hayes testified, saying it was his belief Daigle is a danger to society.

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