MASON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police report that two men were arrested after they allegedly pointed a laser and fired multiple shots at a KSP helicopter in Mason County on Nov. 3.

According to KSP, they were responding to a report of a missing 11-year-old in Robertson County, with assistance from their Aircraft Support Branch.

KSP says that during the search, their "helicopter was subjected to multiple laser strikes," in which "the pilot and tactical flight officer were repeatedly struck by a laser beam directed at the aircraft from the ground."

As a result, KSP says the tactical flight officer sustained possible physical injury to his eyes from the laser.

According to KSP, the suspects on the ground reportedly fired multiple rounds from a firearm towards the helicopter.

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