A former Lakemoor police officer is suing the village, saying she was fired for having PTSD, which she claims she developed after having to wrestle a gun away from a murder suspect during a traffic stop in July 2018.
A former Lakemoor police officer is suing the village, saying she was fired for having PTSD, which she claims she developed after having to wrestle a gun away from a murder suspect during a traffic stop in July 2018.
Brianna Tedesco said she was unjustly fired from the Lakemoor Police Department in July 2019 after struggling with a gun-wielding man during a traffic stop.
texas. matt, thank you. abc news will carry the president s address tonight and the democratic response. george and the team at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here. in the meantime, we turn next tonight to the harrowing images, the life and death struggle between a woman police officer and a fugitive with a gun. the officer s dash cam recording as she approaches an suv. a man appearing to have been sleeping inside, but then her body cam capturing the moment he jumps up, pulling a gun. she pleads for her life. abc s alex perez with the video tonight and we warn you, it is difficult. reporter: newly released police videos capturing the heart-racing moments an officer comes face to face with death. what are you doing parked back here? reporter: early morning in the chicago suburbs last july, officer brianna tedesco approaches a suspicious suv. i just have to make sure you don t have any warrants or anything. which i m sure you don t. reporter: the driver gives a phony name, but he s