“Thank you because I don’t know if my trooper would be alive today without your assistance,” Arizona DPS Col. Frank Milstead said.
The attack occurred in Tonopah, Arizona. The video above is from two different news stories on the rescue. From KABC:
…An Arizona trooper trying to help a motorist in a rollover crash was shot in an ambush-style attack by a random suspect, who was then fatally shot by a Good Samaritan driving by.
Defensive Gun Use, police officer saved by armed civilian, police officer saved by concealed handgun permit holder
An armed citizen and his companions came to the aid of a female police officer who had just been shot with her own gun. She was escorting an inmate to a mental health evaluation when he made a struggle for the firearm.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that Trenton, Missouri Police Officer Jasmine Diab was shot in her abdomen just after 3 p.m.…
Defensive Gun Use, police officer saved by armed civilian, police officer saved by concealed handgun permit holder
From Police Magazine (the case occurred in January 2013):
…A Good Samaritan with a good aim is credited with saving the life of a small-town cop who was under fire.
Vic Stacy, 66, was inside his trailer at the Peach House RV Park in Early, Texas, roughly two hours southeast of Abilene, when he heard gunfire.
