On Sept. 12 at 8 a.m., came across a stopped vehicle with hazards on the left shoulder near John Hanson Highway and got out of his cruiser to help.
“Are you here to help her?” Sgt. Warrington asks the man.
“No, she’s taking me to the hospital,” he responded.
Moments later, he fires a single shot at the passenger who says he was getting a hat blown onto the road.
“Oh my God, what did you do? What did you do?” the driver screams out.
“He had a gun!” Warrington says.
“No, I don’t have a gun!” the man shouts, lying on the roadway.
They are just always on-edge and terrified for their life no matter what the situation is. What does their training do to them… there was absolutely no reason to see this as some sort of well-disguised trap intended to kill the police officer, so why did his mind go there?