{"id":14412,"date":"2017-01-16T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=14412"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:43:14","slug":"good-samaritan-kills-gunman-ambushed-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2017\/01\/good-samaritan-kills-gunman-ambushed-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan kills gunman who ambushed a police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\nThis is <a href=\"http:\/\/abc7.com\/news\/az-trooper-shot-in-ambush-attack;-good-samaritan-kills-gunman\/1699112\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">one of the craziest\u00a0stories ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>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.<\/p>\nThe trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) was at a traffic stop when he received a report about a driver whose car was shot at near a median at milepost 81 on Interstate 10, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/region-phoenix-metro\/west-phoenix\/i-10-closed-near-tonopah-for-police-incident\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">reported ABC15<\/a>, an ABC affiliate in Arizona.<\/p>\nThe trooper left the traffic stop to investigate this call when he came across a rollover crash and saw that a woman had been ejected from the wreckage.<\/p>\nWhen the trooper began working to block lanes, a suspect came from an unknown direction and \u201cambushed\u201d him, according to DPS.<\/p>\nThe suspect shot him at least once in the chest-shoulder area and fought the trooper to the ground.<\/p>\nA passerby saw the fight unfolding and stopped to render aid to the trooper, who asked for help.<\/p>\nHowever, the suspect ignored the Good Samaritan\u2019s orders to stop attacking the trooper.<\/p>\nThat\u2019s when the passerby went to his car, grabbed a gun and fatally shot the suspect, reported ABC15.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe officer \u2014 who\u2019s been on the force for 27 years\u2013 survived the attack, thanks to the help of a \u201cgood guy with a gun.\u201d \u00a0This Arizona motorist acted quickly and bravely in a VERY challenging situation.<\/p>\nCol. Frank Milstead agreed and sent this message to the motorist who helped:<\/p>\n\u201cThank you because I don\u2019t know if my trooper would be alive today without your assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Arizona motorist acted quickly and bravely in a VERY challenging situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":830,"featured_media":14413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Good Samaritan kills gunman who ambushed a police officer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Arizona motorist acted quickly and bravely in a VERY challenging situation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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