(Ross D. Franklin, File/Associated Press)PHOENIX — An Arizona officer who was shot and beaten a year ago by a Mexican man he was trying to help after a car crash said a passing driver saved his life by killing the man, according to newly released police reports. The officer had seen Leonardo Penuelas-Escobar cradling his injured girlfriend, then set up flares to try to get drivers to slow down on a major highway. Moments later, Andersson spotted Penuelas-Escobar with a gun in his hand. An armed driver saw the beating, got out of his vehicle and fatally shot Penuelas-Escobar when he refused a command to stop attacking the officer. He wasn’t gonna stop,” Andersson told investigators, crediting the passer-by with saving his life.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2018 23:15 UTC