New York State Police say they are now conducting two investigations into Long Island State Trooper Thomas Mascia, who claimed he was shot in the leg while on the job last week.

Authorities have launched an internal investigation in the case of a New York State trooper who said he was shot by a suspect on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway at the end of October, authorities said Monday.

New York State Police held a press conference on Wednesday regarding the investigation into a trooper who was suspended without pay after he was shot on Southern State Parkway on Long Island. Trooper Thomas Mascia,

NY State Police are investigating Trooper Mascia, who was suspended after doubts arose over his claim of being shot on duty.

The trooper, Thomas Mascia, 27, was suspended without pay this week, New York State Police Major Stephen Udice said at a press briefing on Wednesday. He said the agency was conducting both criminal and internal investigations into the circumstances of the shooting that Mascia reported as happening around 11:45 p.m. last Wednesday.

New York State Police are looking into the credibility of Trooper Thomas Mascia's claim he was shot last week on Long Island.

The New York State trooper who claimed he was shot during a traffic stop on Long Island last week was suspended without pay — as officials probe whether he lied about the incident, authorities said. Police spent hours searching Trooper Thomas Mascia’s home in West Hempstead on Monday after launching an internal investigation into his account of the Oct.