The police chief of Hackett, Arkansas who was wounded in a shooting last week that claimed the life of a deputy returned to work just two days after the incident.
Police Chief Darrell Spells was leaving his home on Aug. 10 when he heard that shots were fired from Billy Jones' trailer on Highway 253 near Greenwood, according to KFSM-TV.
When he arrived on the scene, officers were trying to remove Sebastian County Deputy Billy Cooper, who had been shot. Cooper later succumbed to his wounds. The other officers took cover as they were fired on.
"I was on the drivers side. Apparently, this was one of the shots. I'm a tall guy so it was pretty close," Spells said as he stood next his cruiser on Friday and pointed the bullet hole in his drivers side he believes is from the bullet that grazed his head.
Spells was rushed to the hospital that day and released.
"Captain Marx with the Sebastian County Sheriff's office put his vehicle in front of mine and the gun fire," he said. "He got me out of there. I climbed in the back seat."
Spells said that although he's back on the job, he taking it one day at a time.
"I need to get back at it. One, my community needs me. I need them just as much as they need me," he told the news station. "School starts Monday. I need to see those faces and most importantly I think that's what Cooper would want."
