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thank you
for those who don't know me I'm Brian
Steele I'm the Executive Vice President
of the Fraternal Order please to my
right is Vice President Brian Toth to my
left is board member picasuccio normally
I would not be in a uniform but I was on
duty when this happened and responded to
it
um Echo to Chief sentiments thank you to
Grant thank you responding officers
we're not going to speak about the case
we're just going to show you here we are
once again demonstrating the dangers our
officers face I was at the hospital with
my brothers as we stood outside the or
and we have one of our brothers
literally fighting for his life massive
blood loss that that individual our
officer our fop brother he woke up today
he kissed his family he kissed his wife
and kids goodbye and now he's shot he
did a fantastic job he's absolutely a
warrior despite being shot he did his
duty and he fired back that guy laying
dead on the freeway that was an
occupational hazard you rob a bank you
run from the police you shoot us we will
shoot you back the two individuals in
the neighborhood right now this is what
I would tell your viewers there are two
wolves right now in this neighborhood
and after this we're going to leave and
we are going to find them and we're
going to bring them to justice I hope
they come peacefully if they decide a
different route that is on them we will
always react to their actions
on July 6 2023 at about 4 pm officers
with the Columbus Division of police
responded to a call of a bank robbery
and a Pursuit involving three armed
Suspects
the suspects opened fire on the officers
striking one several times the officer
and his partner returned fire killing
one of the suspects
the officer who was shot was transported
to Grant Medical Center by his partner
and arrived in critical condition
after surgery the officer's condition
was upgraded to stable his injuries are
severe he remains in the hospital and
has a long road ahead
please pray for him and his family
the previous version of this video had a
picture of the officer and his young
family the picture was taken from this
fundraiser page the officer and his
family have since decided to take that
picture down and have asked for privacy
during this difficult time respecting
the family's wishes I removed the first
video and am uploading this one instead
I'll provide a link to this fundraiser
in the comment section below for anyone
who would like to support this officer
and his family
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