Police in Columbia, South Carolina praised a homeless hero last week who came to the aid of a female police officer being overpowered by an assailant during an arrest.
In a gas station parking lot, she was knocked to the ground several times by the much larger man who had attacked the store clerk while wielding a knife.
Cray Turmon realized that something had to be done, or someone might lose their life. He sprang into action tackling the suspect so Officer Hardesty could subdue him with handcuffs.
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“She’d done everything she could,” Turmon told Fox News. “It was going to get ugly, ya know?”
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook honored Turmon, who lives in a homeless shelter, with a certificate for his “extraordinary actions to preserve life and aid public safety.” They also brought Christmas gifts to the Transistions shelter, where he is staying.
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“Bravo Mr. Cray Turmon for your random act of kindness your gift to us when CPD officer Ashley Hardesty needed it the most,” wrote the department on their Facebook page.
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Police honor a homeless black man for coming to the assistance of a white female police officer this week.
— Ryan Saavedra ?? (@RealSaavedra) December 22, 2017
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