a driver in Arizona is being praised as
a hero for saving the life of an ambush
state trooper the violence took place
early yesterday on an interstate west of
Phoenix police say a suspect shot a
state trooper who had stopped to
investigate a car crash a man driving by
came to the troopers rescue and ended up
killing the suspect DeMarco Morgan shows
us how civilians stepped in to help
DeMarco good morning good morning Nora
the state trooper was in the area after
reports as someone had opened fire at a
car driving along the highway on the 27
year veteran trooper arrived at the
scene police say he was ambushed earlier
day morning and arizona state trooper a
ride to the scene of this violent wreck
near Phoenix the officer Edward Anderson
found a female victim who had been
ejected from the car she would later die
at the hospital as a trooper exited his
vehicle and began to lay out flares it
appears at this point that he was
ambushed by an the suspect Anderson was
shot at least once near the shoulder and
suddenly found himself in a fight for
his life
the suspect is getting the better of the
trooper and is on top of him and
striking the troopers head on the
pavement that's when a man on his way to
California pulled his car over the
trooper tells the driver he needs help
the passerby grabs a gun from his truck
and shoots the attacker after police say
the suspect ignored several commands to
stand down
another passerby also stops to help the
wounded officer he gets inside the
troopers patrol car and radios for help
let me know where the the trooper was
airlifted to a hospital and is expected
she survived police say the Good
Samaritan who opened fire
he is owed a debt of gratitude I would
just say that at this point thank you
because I don't know that my trooper
would be alive today without his
assistance
police say the passerby who shot and
killed two the suspect has fully
cooperated with her investigation police
don't know a motive for the attack or if
the woman killed in the wreck had any
ties to the suspect Dell thank you very
much DeMarco