By Police1 Staff
BLANCHARD, Idaho — A Monday shooting that wounded two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies and a suspect they were attempting to arrest could have been worse if a bystander didn’t step in to render aid.
Deputies Michael Gagnon, 53, and Justin Penn, 30, were attempting to arrest suspect Adam Deacon Foster, 30, for a battery warrant when Foster opened fire, KHQ reported.
Marsha Hanna was nearby when she heard the gunshots and went to investigate.
“I was walking my horses up the mountain and heard gunshots and I just assumed it was someone doing target practice,” Hanna said. “Got a little farther up the hill with them and came around a corner and an officer came out. He had been bleeding but he was telling me to get back.”
Hanna, an ER nurse, told the news station she was more worried about getting the officers help than her own safety.
“God had a plan for me with having me there, I think,” she said. “But anybody would have helped. I’m just glad I had the training to do it.”
Gagnon is currently listed in serious condition and Penn is in fair condition. Foster is in fair condition as well.