It was lunchtime for Deputy Joey Tortorello. As he ate his Stinger Taco, dispatch let him know they received a hang up 911 call near Errick Road Elementary School.
House Check
When Tortorella knocked on the door, a young man opened the door and quickly shut it saying he would return. That's when Tortorella heard a woman's scream from inside the home.
He immediately radioed for back up and retreated away from the door, closer to his vehicle. As he moved back, he saw the man coming out of the back of the home with his hands covered in blood.
Tortorella was concerned. The school was close by and his wife was a teacher there, plus his children attended the school. He had dispatch order a lockdown for the school in case the man went that direction.
Sketchy Suspect
Tortorella told the man to get on his knees and tried to have a conversation with this. The man was all over the map with his responses and kept reaching for his waistband.
“If you reach for a gun or weapon, I’m going to shoot you."
Deputy Tortella
The suspect replied, "If you do, shoot me in the (expletive) head." Quickly, he pulled a handgun from his waist and was hit in the leg, back and stomach by Tortorella.
But he did not stop. Instead, he ran behind the patrol car and shot at Tortella hitting him in the rib cage, knocking the Taser holster off his chest. Tortorella kept firing at the suspect using a tree for cover.
Protecting the School
He was afraid to stop because, "I didn't want to lose," he said. He only paused to reload and kept firing. The man went to the back of the house and Tortorella followed since that was in the direction of the school, seeking cover behind a car.
When back up arrived on the scene, they found Duane A. Bores Jr. dead in the home from a self-inflicted shot to the head, with his parents Duane and Cynthia Bores bleeding nearby.
Tortorella received many honors for his bravery including New York State Deputy Sheriff of the Year. His biggest honor though was receiving the Medal of Honor.
It was presented to him by President Obama who as he put it around his neck said, "I'm proud of you, man."
tHE OFFICER PROBABLY SAVED MORE LIVES THAN HE EVEN KNOWS. LOTS OF MENTALLY SICK PEOPLE RUNNING AMOK.
Right, defund the police. All of that group are a bunch of idiots. The thin blue line protects us, but they need public support and especially from the jerks who are elected city or county officials.
THEY CANNOT PROTECT US FROM THOSE IDIOTS, THEY ARE THEIR BOSSES. THEY PROTECT THEM ALSO AND SOME ARE AFRAID TO ARREST THE CROOKS, AFRAID THEY WILL BE FIRED.
This is what PROFESSIONAL Police Officers do, save the lives of those in their community from criminal and mentally impaired individuals. We do so at the risk of our own lives with hundreds of Officers murdered every year defending the innocents. We do this because we have this need to help those who for some reason unable or unwilling to help themselves. Even then we are assaulted, cussed at, accused of illegal actions, etc., etc.. The biggest thing that these haters of the Police are managing to do is sending a LEO to prison for murder when they had to use lethal force to save the life of an innocent or themselves or have someone who they have arrested die in their custody through no fault of theirs.
We do live in a sick world, seems we have resumed the era of Billy the Kid with all the lawlessness. Senseless shootings. Blame shifting on why someone would kill someone else. There is a liberal disease that is taking over the country. Our hearts are not right, if the heart is not right, our thought process is way out of tune.
Who would have ever thought of shootings in schools, worse yet in churches. Yet here we are.
Danny, in actuality - it is our basic lack of respect for LIFE...it all starts with respecting life in the womb - with the EASE of killing our babies before and now even AFTER birth, why do people wonder why there is so much killing of others??? WE MUST RESPECT LIFE FROM THE BEGINNING - - like our Constitution states CLEARELY - "LIFE, liberty...." LIFE is the FIRST right we are supposed to be afforded...too many people do NOT understand THAT ----that's WHY we have so much in this "sick world"...
These domestic situations are so dangerous for officers.my prayers for all involved
You all have it right. I do not know exactly when this happened, but the story is always the same. I assume it was many years ago, based on the mention of Obama. But that had could not to have been an honest account. These people have been amplifying, exagerating things for the past few years.... maybe even longer. At my own risk, I declare there is a conspiracy against the American people that will not stop unless thwarted.
He should have shot him in the head. Did the parents recover?