makes sense he drops his pants and it
shoots up
and it hit right here
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the video for today
shows officers responding to a call
about an accidental shooting
the officers arrived on scene
and quickly applied a tourniquet to the
injured person's leg
without question the actions of these
officers saved this man's life
immediately following this introduction
is the 9-1-1 call
followed by the body camera footage
the location of your emergency
yes
what's going on there um gunshot wounds
yeah
accidental uh we're holding pressure on
it now
um
accidental
um where is he shot at
um in his leg
where's the gun at
um
what do you do with the gun
it's in his pocket but he he's he's not
a shooter he just he had you know he
he had the gun in his pocket he was
trying to go to the bathroom it went off
so there's no danger to any police or
anybody that comes but we need a squad
right away
uh-huh
okay let me get you over to the medics
for pre-arrival instructions okay
okay thank you
thanks
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where's your bathroom
yes sir where's your fireman
six through south american
he said his firearm is down here
very firm
stop don't touch it where's your legs
hot don't touch it okay stop don't touch
it i'm sorry take it there okay it's
pointed up towards you so just
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where you shot at and the leg somewhere
down my right leg
and put a turn on your leg this is going
to hurt like hell
so i don't know how far away the medic
is
this is gonna hurt just you gotta put
pressure on it
all right
grab something and hold on to it
six four i applied a tourniquet
i'm getting
six four to six three bring your kid in
all right
all right
keep talking yeah okay
hey my man yeah can you come here keep
talking to him yeah
you guys have a pair of scissors
yes
are they close by like handy
what's that are they close by in handy
yeah i can get them for two seconds come
on keep talking yeah
it's okay
you know it's i don't think it's
bleeding anymore no
they stopped it right away
the problem is you put it below your
knees
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don't worry about it don't worry
i want you to be okay
good there's other officers back here
wow
oh boy
yep we got a little bit of blood here
we need
bill's good if he does something he
doesn't break
yeah
we're good i don't know where it went in
or
i think the entrance wins actually above
the tourniquet possibly here's another
one
that's still it's over there 33. oh yeah
yeah there's still one in it i think
okay
leave that one on no leave it on i am i
am
back here
i don't want to move it around too much
it's down here you found the hole yeah
it's down here and it's on the right
side all right let's go above right
above the right below the kneecap
slide over here slide your butt over and
we're going to have to go to your left
side a little bit yeah put this leg down
start packing
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what's your name sir
you still with me
bill you all right
yeah
well yeah i would say you lost a hell of
a lot of blood bill
it it needs to be numb
keep them coming let's go
here give me some tickles
that's good that's good i got it i got
pressure on we're good
yeah yeah why don't we secure that i
guess before doing anything else
henry
mary
forward
on a dead cylinder
is it just the one
that i yeah i don't see any there's no
blood dripping down up here and stuff
can you feel this
yeah you can feel my you can feel me
rubbing your legs
is this an exit back here hey will you
give me just one uh roll yeah i would
say that there is one while that gun's
in there i'm gonna have you step up
front just because it's unsecured okay
that's okay thank you give me one roll
sir what you can do is go to the front
door and guide the medics back here yes
sir see if they're out there it's
probably [ __ ] plain township actually
forever
not the best day you've ever had huh
what's your name
someone jot down to social and stuff
where they take them
because they're probably i guarantee
we're going to riverside or grant
do you have any roles no i have no rules
but here's something we're have
through that's
there's a medkit in the back of 63. okay
still good bill
you have a wallet on you
nicked it
yeah
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we already got that to do he's going to
turn it on
i don't know if this is entrance or exit
but did you have two bleeding i have one
tourniquet on just one according to him
it's one tourniquet one shot
okay dude it's a little different one
twenty two wounds to twenty
is it still bleeding with the tourniquet
on yeah a little bit it's dripping it's
not like a steady flow was it
got
oh
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is
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no
pressure
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yeah
here i got some right here
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wait
let me see this arm here
he's got one tourniquet on you guys know
that right yep okay
uh okay
probably the chair
on there
yeah
heads
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what do you need
nothing i'm just anthony to wrap this on
good
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on the other side
um
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yeah that'd be good let's do that and
we'll attach to though
you got it
you guys got to take it back there
tape yeah what do you want flex
regular texture okay so i can see it
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yep
here tony
you want the roll we want pieces uh give
me that uh flush
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need a
patch um
dan's got it right behind you
here sticky side is towards your thumb
grab it
i have your tape when you're ready
i have a tourniquet above the left knee
please control it
right right knee 16 gauge right knee i'm
sorry right now
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yep
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um
and it hit right here
right
is it in the employee room here yes yes
great coach wallet and a great coat
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raise your head up i'll give you a
little pillow here
what do you need anthony so is this the
only blanket on this cop
unless we got something back there
you see any linens anywhere max
huh any linens anywhere um
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patient satisf
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you