He lost enough blood to fill every vein and artery in his body three times over and yet, Sergeant Tony lopez is talking about coming back to work fulltime by midseptember. Chris vanderveen,ly is wanting to go back to work though he cant feel his left foot . Reporter kyle, six bullets did the damage, one of them hitting the main artery in his left leg causing so much blood loss and damage. Lopez suffered the injuries in december at 37th and federal and he was able to call out for police on the radio. Paramedicsand a fellow office used three tourniquets on him to stop the bleeding. That i had not done that, he almost certainly would have been dead. He cant talk about the a point of saying is he felt humbled by all the help he and shooting. How do you thank the paramedics . Doctors . How do you thank people who are still donating because im not working . How do you thank everyone . You cant. I dont know how. Lopez walked to the stage with the help of crutches last month when the Police De
His life, Denver Police Sergeant Tony lopez, jr. Says he is eager to get on with the rest of his life during a routine traffic stop, a man shot him sixes times. Tonight, he sit down with us to talk about where he has been and more importantly where hes going. Fears are born on street corners. I saw a Police Officer on the ground. At odd times, moments of confusion. Reporter that time, fear went into the life a Police Officer. Six bullets entered his body. He was dying and thinking of his yet to be born son he kept knee alive and kept me motivated. I was thinking about him. I dont remember hearing people talk to me, just, stay away the average human has 6 to 9 liters of blood. I went through 19 in the first hour. 19 litters, even more lost later. Even a few weeks more, even after facing that fear, tony left, his love, his pregnant wife, by his wheelchair side. How do you talk about . I dont know. I dont know how. If someone know, please tell me. This is who tony lopez is now. The day po
And i was just trying to keep breathing. And she just went at me with her bare hands and kept hitting many i. And i kept saying why, why . I dont know why youre doing this . I love you. And she broke a bottle over my head and said if you love me youll let me do this. She did not intend to kill miss wilkins. She did not plan, prepare, or process how to attack her, how to take her baby, and how to claim that baby as her own. Lane faces a number of charges, including unlawful termination of pregnancy and attempted firstdegree murder. Prosecutors in the Opening Statements today said that lane actually lied about being pregnant herself for months and had a baby shower and told and she named her pretendson james. Anastasiya bolton in boulder, thank you. A potential court battle between apple and the fbi over access to an iphone used by the shooters in last years San Bernardino attacks. Maya rodriguez explains the cases far reaching implications. Reporter part of the smartphone revolution of
Forced to close after a huge mess. Details overnight. An investigation is underway right now after a driver turns in front of a squad car as it was responding to an emergency. It happened at the intersection of federal and 88th. 9news reporter noel brennan has been there all morning. Noel the driver was killed and the officer is in the hospital . Reporter that is what we are hearing corey. I want to show you specifically the squad car that was involved in the accident. The front end is smashed up. There is a ton of debris in the middle of this intersection right now as investigators are acttively working, trying to pinpoint what happened with this accident. Heres what police say it all started at about 1 15 this morning. They say an officer was responding to a disturbance call involving a gun. He was headed southbound on federal boulevard when another car, headed northbound on federal, turned on to 88th. The squad car ended up plowing right into that other car, sending it right into a
Looking ahead to day two of the final lane trial. And the of the final contracts of the lane trial. Marty, it has been windy this week but today is going to take the cake. Morning and quite warm throughout the area. But wind gusts are starting to pick up. 25 plus out near watkins and strasburg. Between 20 and now 80 Miles Per Hour in the foothills, 78 Miles Per Hour in the last minute at the pass. We are looking at record heat today. Current record is 72, ill put it at 72 today. This is sheridan boulevard up to highway 287 through loveland we could see wind gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour. East of that 40 and 50 Miles Per Hour gusts. This extends all the way onto the plains and up into northwestern parts of nebraska. Wind warnings out for the front range mountains, foothills and down south for gusts up to 100 Miles Per Hour, so amelia, anybody headed west, get ready, the wind is roaring. We are going to feel it on 36, 93, 285 of course and i70. For right now though, metrowide, no major p