INDIANAPOLIS — Two EMTs are being praised after helping during a police shooting last month in Indianapolis.
The shooting happened on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the CVS at 16th and Meridian streets on the city's near north side.
IMPD shot a man who allegedly hit an officer with a car. The incident started with a man in the drive-thru at the pharmacy who was not responding to pharmacy techs or police.
IMPD said officers knocked on the window several times, but couldn't get the driver's attention for four minutes.
That's when things escalated.
The man allegedly pinned an officer between the car and the wall, and police fired shots at the car.
The EMTs said they were able to get the officer to safety and attributed it all to their experience.
"Our training definitely kicked in. When the shots rang out, we did run at first. That's a situation no one expects to be put into and you don't really know how you're going to react," said Breann Wilber, one of the EMTs. "Once we realized what was going on that's when our training kicked in and we provided the care that we needed to while keeping everyone as safe as they can be."
The officer involved in this incident is expected to be OK. The suspect was described as "stable" when taken to a local hospital.