Thomas J. Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, a state trooper since 2019, turned himself into the state police barracks in East Farmingdale early Monday morning, along with his parents.

The 27-year-old Mascia, who became a trooper in 2019, was suspended without pay in November after state police launched a criminal probe. Mascia claimed he was shot in the leg on Oct. 30 by the driver of a black sedan that had been parked on the left-hand shoulder of the Southern State Parkway, about a mile from his home.

The New York State trooper who claimed he was shot during a Long Island traffic stop turned himself in to police Monday morning, as did both his parents. Thomas Mascia, 27, whose claim that he was shot and wounded by a driver on the Southern State Parkway last October prompted a criminal probe,