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Deputy Muon released from hospital
Following a shootout in Ruskin, both deputies have now been cleared to leave the hospital. A video released from Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shows Deputy Muon receiving a clap-out as he left on Saturday. Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
TAMPA, Fla. - Both Hillsborough County deputies have been released from the hospital, after they were injured in an ambush shooting in Ruskin on Thursday.
Deputy Muon released from hospital
What we know:
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Sopharmony Muon was sent off with a clap-out from everyone who had been by his side.
The sheriff’s office thanked the doctors, nurses and staff who took care of Muon.
"It's humbling and overwhelming at times, but it's like a good overwhelming, you know, like just the amount of love that people have shown." Muon said.
Ruskin deputy shooting details
The backstory:
Deputies located Chris Dmuchowski on Shell Point Road in Ruskin after his ex-girlfriend escaped hostage captivity Thursday morning. The woman told investigators Dmuchowski zip-tied her, taped a sock in her mouth, and held her at gunpoint at her home on Wednesday night.
"I don't want to minimize the fact of how much of a victim she was in all this." said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "I have come to commend her courage. Her courage for saying, listen, I'm in fear for my life."
Courtesy: Manatee County Sheriff's Office
When deputies arrived at the Ruskin location, a drone operator observed Dmuchowski heading toward a parking lot van. Dmuchowski punched his hand through the vehicle door and fired a barrage of shots at the first deputy, hitting him in the face.
"We would have done this for her; we would've done this for anyone." Muon said. "And I'm so humbled."
Dmuchowski then shot a second deputy in the neck before the deputy could step out of his car. A third deputy took a tactical position from behind and shot Dmuchowski multiple times, killing him.
Both wounded deputies were flown to Tampa General Hospital, where Sheriff Chad Chronister visited them Friday morning.
Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
"Nothing short of a miracle," Chronister said. "Again, how if these bullets would have been millimeters either direction, we would be talking about paralyzation. We would be talking possibly even death to one or both deputies."
Chronister said Deputy Colton Daniels was released on Friday, the same day that Deputy Muon was scheduled for surgery.
Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Chad Chronister visited Muon following his successful surgery to remove metal particles from his hand.
"Everybody was there where they were supposed to be at that time and that's why I'm here," Deputy Muon said, reflecting on the shooting.
The Source: This article was written using information from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.