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Ex-Garfield EMT Promoted To Police Sgt. Same Day As Gunman Sentenced Ex-Garfield EMT Promoted To Police Sgt. Same Day As Gunman Sentenced
Ex-Garfield EMT Promoted To Police Sgt. Same Day As Gunman Sentenced When a suicidal man aimed a loaded gun at him, Butler Police Sgt. Jorge Reyes simply did what he was trained to do: He shot back. Calmly. Confidently. Without hesitation. Reyes says his preparedness for the March 31, 2016 incident -- in which gunman Dylan Howard said he'd hoped he be shot and killed in a "suicide by cop" -- is what allowed him to return home unharmed that night to his then-4-year-old son. Now 7, his boy was by his side Tuesday when Reyes was promoted and sworn in as sergeant -- on the very same day, coincidentally, that Howard was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Reyes f…

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