Barbara Lassere Case: Traffic stop over broken headlight leads to 60-year-old woman's fatal shooting, police say

(CBS/AP) LAPLACE, La. - State police say a 60-year-old woman fatally shot by a St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputy was pulled over because of a broken headlight.

Troopers say Barbara Lassere was shot after evading a Thursday morning traffic stop.

Trooper Melissa Matey tells the Times-Picayune Lassere refused to get out of the car when she was stopped and instead brandished a gun before fleeing the scene.

She says the deputy then engaged in a slow-speed chase, following Lassere to a nearby home where police say Lassere then again refused to exit the car and fired a round at the deputy.

Matey says the deputy returned fire fatally injuring Lassere.

Sheriff Mike Tregre says state police will now handle the investigation into the shooting.