Sansom Park officer Lina Mino is at the moment steady in an ICU, in line with police.
SANSOM PARK, Texas — On Saturday afternoon, an officer with the Tarrant County metropolis of Sansom Park was shot throughout a police coaching train close to a Fort Price elementary faculty.
She is at the moment steady in an ICU, in line with police.
Pals of the Sansom Park officer recognized her as Lina Mino.
The coaching train she was concerned in was held at David Sellars Elementary Faculty in Forest Hill.
“She’s type, respectful, skilled,” stated Lake Price Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian. He stated each time he noticed her, she did her job and all the pieces you’ll anticipate in a police officer.
The information shocked officers throughout the Fort Price space. “My coronary heart virtually stopped. It’s a heart-dropping second,” stated Manoushagian.
The second the capturing occurred throughout the coaching, Manoushagian did all the pieces he may. He stated he referred to as the Sansom Park chief instantly and was instructed, “The best want was patrol protection, so, we went from Lake Price to Samson Park to cowl their neighborhood.”
A supply shared a flyer with WFAA, the place it says the internet hosting company for the coaching was the Forest Hill Police Division, instructed by Paul Gaumond.
The flyer said Gaumond is a reserve chief deputy constable for Johnson County Constable Precinct 2.
In response to the flyer, the coaching was open to peace officers, faculty useful resource officers and campus safety officers.
“This was a coaching that was open to any police division that needed to attend,” stated Manoushagian.
The Forest Hill Police Division stated this was not a reside fireplace coaching, and so they don’t understand how a weapon was launched.
“It’s a whole tragedy,” Manoushagian stated.
Manoushagian stated there are steps officers should take earlier than the coaching and after any breaks in-between.
“There are three checks which are finished earlier than the coaching begins. The three-check course of is a three-step course of. With a self examine, a buddy examine, and an teacher examine,” stated Manoushagian.
Whereas the investigation continues, mates instructed WFAA that Mino was once a Fort Price police officer. Pals and fellow Sansom Park officers are by her hospital mattress, supporting her.
“There isn’t a stronger household than the blue line household. We’ve bought her again. it’s going to be an extended street of restoration,” stated Manoushagian.
Pals arrange an internet fundraising marketing campaign to assist pay for medical bills.
