APRIL 14TH TIME, TIM RYAN. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
BURLISON POLICE OFFICER IS IN
THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT
SEVERAL TIMES EARLY THIS
MORNING. FOX FOUR'S DAN
GODWIN'S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
SONG MORNING LONG AND JOINS US
WITH THE LATEST STAND. AND
LAUREN, THE BURLISON POLICE
CHIEF DID PROVIDE SOME
ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT HOW THE
OFFICER IS DOING. THE CHIEF
SAID THE OFFICER WAS STRUCK
MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE
SHOOTING, BUT WAS WEARING A
VEST. SO THAT DID OFFER SOME
PROTECTION. CHIEF SAID THE
OFFICER WAS CONSCIOUS AND
TALKING, DESCRIBED AS STABLE,
ALTHOUGH THE CHIEF NOT
PROVIDING A SPECIFIC CONDITION.
THE OFFICER WAS DRIVEN HERE
TOO. JPS HOSPITAL IN FORT WORTH,
NOT BY AN AMBULANCE, BUT BY
ANOTHER OFFICER. WE WANT TO
GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK FROM SKY
FOR WHICH IS OVER THE SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE, WHICH WAS FOUND. CHIEF
SAID THE SUSPECTS ABANDONED THE
VEHICLE ON JOHN JONES DRIVIN
BURLISON. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE
WORD ON HOW THAT FIRE STARTED.
WE ALSO RECEIVED WORD FROM THE
JOSHUA. I SD THAT NICHOLS
MIDDLE SCHOOL. IS ON LOCK OUT
AS IT'S DESCRIBED AS POLICE
SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS. THERE WAS
4 15 THIS MORNING, THE OFFICER
PULLED OVER VEHICLE WITH THREE
THE OFFICER WAS APPROACHING ON
THE PASSENGER SIDE. HE WAS
STRUCK BY MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS,
NOT YET KNOWN IF THE OFFICER
WAS ABLE TO RETURN FIRE.
THERE'S NO WORD YET ON THE
REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP.
HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE
CHIEF THIS MORNING. HE WAS
STRUCK MULTIPLE TIMES. THE BEST
DIDN'T PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION
AGAIN OUT OF HIS PRELIMINARY SO
NOT READY TO RELEASE ANY
INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU
KNOW THE INJURIES ARE. HE WAS
FAR AS EXTENT WE'VE GOT AWAY TO
THE DOCTORS GET IN THERE AND I
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE
HOSPITAL. OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS ARE WITHIN AND WOULD
ASK OUR COMMUNITY BE PRAYING
FOR HIM AS WELL. THAT'S OUR
BROTHER UP THERE. WE KNOW HE'S
OUR BROTHER IN ARMS. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE HE AND HIS
FAMILY ARE OKAY AND THAT
THEY'RE PROTECTED IN THERE, AND
THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO
SUPPORT. THE TARRANT COUNTY
SHERIFF, STOPPING BY OUR
POSITION HERE AT THE HOSPITAL
TO TALK ABOUT THE CLOSE BOND
THAT IS SHARED BY ALL MEMBERS
IN TIMES LIKE THESE BURLISON
POLICE CHIEF, SAYING THE THREE
SUSPECTS ARE STILL AT LARGE.
BUT THE CHIEF SAYS OFFICERS ARE
FOLLOWING UP ON SOME PROMISING
LEADS, AND THAT. HAVING THE
SUSPECT VEHICLE NOW WILL, OF
COURSE, PROVIDE MORE IMPORTANT
CLUES AS INVESTIGATORS FROM
MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES WORK TO APPREHEND
THOSE RESPONSIBLE. FOR THIS
SHOOTING OF AH BURLISON POLICE
OFFICER REPORTING LIVE IN FORT