CHARLESTON — Trooper Eric Michael Workman, the second State Police trooper involved in Tuesday night’s shooting near the Roane-Clay county line, died Friday afternoon after spending nearly three days on life support.

Workman, 26, was pronounced dead at Charleston Area Medical Center’s General Hospital. He had been in a coma since Tuesday’s shooting.

“Trooper Workman was an outstanding young man with a promising future,” West Virginia State Police superintendent Jay Smithers said in a statement.

“It is unfortunate his life was cut short by this senseless and cowardly act.

“Our prayers continue to be with his family and friends,” Smithers said. “I am overwhelmed by the support the West Virginia State Police family is receiving during this difficult time.”

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin also offered his condolences to Workman’s family.

“I met with Trooper Workman’s family earlier this week, and I can honestly say without a doubt, West Virginia lost a very brave young man this afternoon,” Tomblin said in a statement.

“Joanne and I have held this family and the entire West Virginia State Police family in our prayers, and we will continue to pray for them in the days ahead,” Tomblin said. “May God bless the men and women who wear the uniform and whose mission it is to protect us all.”

The State Police press release said Workman’s family wanted the public to know he was an organ donor.

“It is the family’s sincere hope that even in his death, his selfless service to others will continue by providing others an opportunity to live a fruitful life,” it said.

Workman was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after being shot in the head by Luke Silas Baber, 22, of Oak Hill, who was seated in the back of the cruiser Workman was using along with Cpl. Marshall Lee Bailey, who died at the scene.

Both Bailey, 42, and Workman were shot as they sat in the front seat of the cruiser.

Bailey, a father of three and grandfather of one, had nearly 17 years with the State Police, with most of that time spent at the Clay detachment. Workman had a little more than a year on the force and was temporarily assigned to the Clay detachment from his normal post at the Grantsville detachment in Calhoun County.

Workman, who entered the West Virginia State Police Academy in January 2011, was a 2004 graduate of Clay County High School and a standout baseball player at West Virginia State University.

His coach, Cal Bailey, went to the hospital the night of the shooting. He remembered a young teenager who had trouble at first with his swing but with practice and quiet determination blossomed into one of State’s best ball players.

Workman’s name still sits at the top of the school’s record books for most games played, runs scored, hits, doubles and triples and he’s in the top 10 in another 32 categories.

He missed tryouts for professional scouts for a fishing trip to Canada. He was an avid fisherman and hunter who also enjoyed rock climbing.

Friends from his high school years at Clay remembered him as “a man before he graduated from high school” because of the way he conducted himself.

“He was a quiet but well-liked person,” Kelly Duffield told the Daily Mail Wednesday. Duffield graduated with Workman and now works as a counselor at Clay High.

Duffield ran into Workman recently at a gas station and spoke to him. She said he enjoyed his job but hoped to be transferred to the Clay detachment.

He had been working Tuesday with Bailey, and the two were riding together when they spotted a vehicle Nicholas emergency dispatchers told officers to be on the lookout for. The vehicle had been seen driving recklessly.

The driver was identified as Baber and officers determined while searching him that he was under the influence. They also determined the vehicle had been reported stolen and called for a tow truck.

Baber was cuffed and placed in the back seat of the cruiser but managed to pull a gun he had concealed in his pants. The officers, who were in the front seat, apparently failed to detect it when they searched him.

After the shootings, tow truck driver William Massey arrived to haul away the pickup. As he spotted the unresponsive troopers, Baber also shot him, hitting his arm. Massey got back to the tow truck and was able to call for help.

A short time later, Roane Deputy John Westfall and Clay Deputy Christopher Legg tracked Baber to a gravel road about 200 yards away. Baber fired on them, striking Westfall twice in the wrist and shoulder. A third shot would have struck him in the lower torso but was stopped by his bulletproof vest.

Westfall and Massey were taken to CAMC General with non-life threatening injuries. Massey was treated and released Wednesday morning. Westfall remained at the hospital as of Friday.

Bailey will be buried Sunday after a public funeral at the Charleston Civic Center and a private graveside service at a small family cemetery in Poca.

Funeral arrangements for Workman have not yet been released.