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Kent County Deputies Michael Hopkins (KCLEA President), Mario Morey and Christopher Hawley were honored today for their efforts Tuesday night when they were dispatched to a home in Spencer Township, in northeast Kent County, where a 41 year old, Tracy Larson, had been shot.

Larson was able to speak with Kent County Sheriff's Office dispatchers, but due to her critical wounds was unable to move or crawl from the residence. Rather than play it safe and wait for a SWAT team to arrive, the three responding Deputies made the decision to risk their own lives to enter the home, without knowing the location of the gunman, to rescue her.

The Deputies were able to gain access to the victim and take her from the home safely to a patrol car where they ushered her to a waiting ambulance.

Deputy Mario Morey is quoted by WOOD TV8 as saying, "She couldn't even crawl out, so it was evident that she was hurt badly enough that someone needed to go in and get her out. There was nobody else. That's our job. That's what we do out here. So we went in and got her.

"It was tough 'cause we didn't know if he [the shooter] was going to wait and ambush us when we went inside the door or what his thought process was," added Deputy Michael Hopkins.

"It gets you worked up. It definitely gets you scared, but you just rely on your training, and do the best you can with it, and hope everything works out in the end," said Deputy Christopher Hawley.

Click here to read the original WOOD TV8 article on the incident

Click here to read the article about the Deputies who were honored including a video of them

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