Tourniquet Saved Life Of Boston Officer In Bounty Hunter Ambush

By Bob Owens

Kirk Figueroa, a Boston constable, former U.S. Army Reserve military policeman, and self-described “bounty hunter” got into an argument with his roommate over the thermostat, and pulled a knife. His roommate fled and called the police. When officers arrived, Figueroa opened fire on them with a shotgun at close range.

Patrol officer Richie Cintolo was hit in the face, throat, chest ,and shoulder. Fellow officer Matt Morris took a load of shot to the upper thigh near the groin.

Backup officers swarmed the scene. While one of them provided cover fire with first his handgun and then a tactical officer’s carbine to keep Figueroa pinned down when he handgun ran dry, other officer Cintolo and Morris to safety and began applying lessons they’d learned in a department combat casualty care class and saved their lives.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said Thursday that the application of a tourniquet saved the life of one of the officers wounded in a shootout in East Boston Wednesday night–and the officer who applied it had just had tourniquet training less than a week before.

Evans said Thursday afternoon that Officer Richard Cintolo and Officer Matt Morris both remain in stable but critical condition after they were shot …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms