Atlanta ( CNN ) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a Georgia state trooper late Monday after he was shot following a traffic stop in northwest Atlanta , an agency spokesman said . A suspect has been arrested , said spokesman Gordy Wright . Trooper Chadwick LeCroy , 38 , who was shot twice in the face , died while being transported to a local trauma unit , Wright said . The suspect escaped in the trooper 's patrol car , which was found abandoned about half a mile away . The suspect was taken into custody with help from the Cobb County Police . LeCroy , of Marietta , is survived by his wife and two sons , ages 8 and 21 . He became a trooper in August 2008 . The killing is being investigated by the Georgia State Patrol , the Georgia Bureau of Investigation , Atlanta Police and Cobb County Police .
Trooper Chadwick LeCroy is shot twice in the face . Chadwick dies en route to hospital . - March 18 : A man named John W. Smith shoots and kills a police officer at his home near Fort Worth, Texas, after he was told that he had been arrested for possession of marijuana.