(AP) – A St. Louis police sergeant randomly shot in the face while he
sat in traffic in his department vehicle says he’s wrestling with whether he can
remain in law enforcement.
Tom Lake tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch one bullet during the November
attack hit the father of three just below his left nostril, and the other
pierced his left cheek. Lake says he’d be dead if either bullet struck him a
quarter of an inch in either direction.
The left side of his face remains numb, and he’s expected to lose teeth
because one bullet tore through their roots.
No charges have been filed, though police suspect Lake was shot by 19-year-old
George P. Bush III, who later that day was killed in a shootout with other
officers.
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