On January 6th 2012 Deputy Justin Dimmick responded to the Williamsport Mainline per report of garbage dumping. While enroute, he came upon a vehicle traveling towards him with three individuals. The vehicle came to a sudden stop and one of the passengers exited claiming his friend had been shot.
Upon surveying the situation, Deputy Dimmick was able to verify that one of the subjects David Raymond Lithieser 02-03 88 was suffering from a gunshot wound to his right leg. His friends had attempted to stop the bleeding with a belt however the wound was serious and needed immediate attention.
Deputy Dimmick and now Deputy Hoover who had just showed up on scene, applied first aid and summoned Medical. All Clatsop County Deputies two weeks earlier had just gone through a class and were issued tourniquets for their patrol vehicles. The Deputies applied the tourniquet and were able to stop the bleeding until Astoria Fire and Medixarrived on scene for transport.
The subjects advised they had been target shooting and Lithieserwent to draw his pistol from his holster and accidentally shot himself in the leg prior to leveling the gun to the target.
This new item in the patrol units has already paid off and fortunately the injury will be recoverable.
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