but i thought i had died. as the officer lay bleeding, deputy ben bray is already on his way. i heard like we call it breaking squelch. it was just like a static. he never said anything. i just heard that come over the radio. and a chill come over my body. and i knew that something was wrong. at the crime scene, the gunman jumps out of the car and tries to shoot rankin again. but when his gun jams, he pistol-whips and kicks him. the gunman tries to grab the officer s gun, but rankin isn t giving up. all of a sudden, i felt like a jolt, like a rush of energy. rankin pushes the shooter away and runs to his car. that s when the suspect takes off in his own vehicle. i just felt this rage come over me, just this pure rage of this this coward just shot me. got over the top, you know, beat me and everything else. and now, i m ready to you know, i m standing up to fight back. and now, he s running.
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headrest of his car. deputy bray arrives at the scene. his dash cam shows rankin on his hands and knees. the adrenaline rush is gone and he s bleeding profusely. he was hollering and screaming and said that he d been shot. he d been shot in the face. rankin is amazingly coherent, enough to give a description of the vehicle and the suspect. bray examines the deputy s injuries. he said his face was hurting. he felt like half of his face was gone. some of rankin s teeth were on the ground, as well as shell casings and his pistol. i remember asking him, is my face gone? i still couldn t feel nothing in the face besides just pure pain. within minutes, an ambulance arrives and takes deputy rankin to the hospital. that same morning, officers find the suspect s car. it s riddled with bullets from deputy rankin s gun. and by 9:30 that morning, police arrest 35-year-old ben westbrook for the shooting. westbrook had once served prison time for aggravated assault. westbrook pleads gu
deputy ben bray is already on his way. i heard like we call it breaking squelch. it was just like a static. he never said anything. i just heard that come over the radio. and a chill come over my body. and i knew that something was wrong. at the crime scene, the gunman jumps out of the car and tries to shoot rankin again. but when his gun jams, he pistol-whips and kicks him. the gunman tries to grab the officer s gun, but rankin isn t giving up. all of a sudden, i felt like a jolt, like a rush of energy. rankin pushes the shooter away and runs to his car. that s when the suspect takes off in his own vehicle. i just felt this rage come over me, just this pure rage of this coward just shot me. got over the top, you know, beat me and everything else. and now, i m ready to i m standing up to fight back. and now, he s running. it really just pissed me off. and i shot 16 rounds at his car,