A wounded gunman is transported towards the waiting Life Star helicopter.

A “Life Star” helicopter air lifted a wounded gunman from Middlesex Hospital’s Shoreline Medical Center in Essex to Hartford Hospital around four o’clock Monday afternoon.

Reportedly, the gunman engaged in a gun battle with a state trooper after a car chase and car crash on Route 153 near the Westbrook Essex line.  A state trooper was also wounded in the gun battle, but not seriously.  In addition, a second gunman was killed in the exchange of gun fire.

Another suspect in the incident was arrested after the crash in Old Saybrook.

For more on this story, click to read this report published by WTNH.com

After the incident, State Police Troopers gather outside the Shoreline Medical Center in Essex.