A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay the medical bills and family expenses of Ozark Police Department Officer Samuel Yoh who was shot in the line of duty on Thursday, December 12.
According to the page, Officer Yoh is currently in critical condition at Southeast Health in Dothan.
Yoh’s wife, Missy, is pregnant with their fourth child. The couple’s three children are ages 11, 13 and 15. The GoFundMe says the money donated will go to paying for Yoh’s long road to recovery along with family expenses.
The Ozark police department told Alabamanews.net that Yoh was responding to a call “where he observed an adult male carrying a rifle. Yoh got out of his patrol vehicle and the suspect immediately opened fire, striking him and the cruiser multiple times. Yoh returned fire to the suspect.”
The GoFundMe for Yoh has the goal set to raise $20,000 and has already accumulated over $13,000 in donations.
You can donate to the fund here.
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.
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