A suspected shoplifter shot Jared Reston in 2008 and a murder suspect shot Pete Soulis in 1997. Both men returned fire, killing their attackers and recovered.
“It brings anger, hurt at some things of why it had to happen, why it went like that,” Reston said. “We are that line that separates us and he did a good thing of standing in between that bad guy and someone else that could have gotten hurt. I mean, it’s one of those things, I’d rather us be hurt than him hurt somebody else. That’s what we’re here to do.”
“I walked up to the car and the guy ambushed me at that point, and then it put me on my heels. Fortunately, for me, I recovered because of my background, you know, I’d had a lot of a lot more firearms training than the average officer back then.” Soulis said.
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