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Help coming in for Lee's Summit police officer injured in shooting
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. – Police officers in Lee's Summit are expressing gratitude and joy.
Lee's Summit Police Ofc. Jared Timbrook is now recovering at home, five days after he was shot four times while responding to a domestic disturbance call. One gunshot was stopped by the officer's protective vest.
Timbrook was , just 36 hours after being admitted.
Lee's Summit Police Sgt. Chris Depue said Timbrook was determined to get out of bed and walk within a day of his surgery at Research Medical Center.
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'We're going to be there every step of the way with him,' Depue said on Wednesday.
While optimism rises at the police department, Timbrook likely has a long road to recovery ahead. Depue said Timbrook is expected to be out of work for six to eight weeks, and he'll likely perform light duty when he returns to work.
'He did tell me today that he's fighting pain. He has a hard head. He didn't want to take the hard pain medicines. We had to talk him into that,' Depue added.
Thomas Tolbert, 27, and the domestic disturbance from Sunday night. Lee's Summit officers are expressing appreciation for the multi-state Blue Alert system, which spread word police sought Tolbert across Missouri and Kansas. , four hours away from Lee's Summit
'He won't work for a while. That's no doubt,' Ronnie Dummitt, founder and president at Answering the Call, said.
Answering the Call has helped raise more than $1.4 million for officers experiencing need and their families. In many cases, Doumitt has seen officers' family incomes suffer while they recover from trauma.
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'There's a spouse now, who's going to have to take off an extended amount of time from her job to maintain and take care of his well-being at home. He's not going to be able to move for an extended period of time,' Doumitt said.
Answering the Call has several methods for the public to assist Timbrook, including this PayPal account for monetary donations.
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