By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 27, 2020

CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) - A woman was shot in the head late Tuesday night after exchanging gunfire with a Washington State Trooper along I-5 near Chehalis.

KOMO-TV reports a Washington State Trooper stopped along Interstate 5 at mp 70 to help a woman when she pulled out a gun. The trooper and the woman exchanged gunfire.

The woman was shot in the head and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center, but the trooper was not hit.

Several lanes of I-5 near Chehalis were closed Tuesday night while authorities investigated the shooting.

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