3 Carbondale police officers receive Lifesaving Award
Carbondale officers receive award By Colin Baillie | April 26, 2021 at 3:48 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 6:20 PM
CARBONDALE, IL. (KFVS) - Three Carbondale police officers were awarded the Lifesaving Award on Monday for their heroic efforts earlier in April.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 11, Carbondale police received a disturbance call and were dispatched to the scene.
“It was very chaotic, there was a lot going on,” said Sergeant Timothy Lomax.
While waiting for back up to arrive in the Federal Building parking lot, Lomax heard about 30 gun shots.
He quickly sprang into action.
Photo provided by Carbondale Police
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) Three Carbondale Police Officers have been recognized by the city for saving the life of a shooting victim earlier this month.
Officer Haled Saleh, Officer Dylan Yost, and Sergeant Timothy Lomax responded to the report of shots fired at a party on West Cherry Street in the early morning hours of April 11.
Carbondale Police say officers found the victim unresponsive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The officers called for an ambulance, but when none were available, Officers Saleh and Yost loaded the injured man into the bed of a pickup truck and took him to the hospital.
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