Bystander jumps in to help Bremerton police officer being attacked.
Posted 5:23 PM, November 18, 2016, by Steve Kiggins, Updated at 05:59pm, November 18, 2016
BREMERTON, Wash. – The incident was caught on cellphone video; investigators say it shows a violent felon attacking a Bremerton police officer.
Police Chief Steve Strachan said it could have turned into a deadly altercation had an innocent bystander not stepped in to help officer Spencer Berntsen.
Multiple cellphone cameras captured the moment when the physical altercation broke out.
“I didn’t realize what had fully happened until I watched the videos,” said Berntsen. “That explains why I’m so dang stiff and sore.”
The incident started as a simple disturbance call on Wednesday. Police said someone called 911 to report a man smashing a nearby restaurant window.
When Berntsen showed up, the suspect acted hostile and aggressive, according to court documents.
“’Let’s go,’ that’s what he was saying to me prior to assaulting me,” said Berntsen. That’s clearly what was happening.
In a flash, Berntsen and the suspect were on the ground fighting for control. Then, out of nowhere a stranger, Kelly Bounds, showed up and hit the suspect on his head.
Strahan said it happened in the nick of time, “An officer is one blow to the head away from becoming unconscious.”
Read more plus video here.
(Photo: KOMO News)
Unfortunately and fortunately, there are going to be a whole lot more of these kinds of stories. Hey maybe instead of Curtis Sliwa’s Guardian Angels in red berets, we OKs can stock the OK Store with blue berets for a whole new army of Blue Angels? hmmm…God Bless you Mr. Bounds
Use a different color….You might be mistaken for a UN Soldier….
A shame the thug survived. Is there any doubt the feral beast will attack again?