A federal agent in Florida got help during an ambush from the last person he would have expected.
The border patrol officer was shot multiple times and is in critical condition. He was aided by a woman who is five months pregnant and who happened to work in the area.
Shelby Floyd-Berrios heard the shots from inside the Great Clips where she works. She ran from the store towards the gunshots.
“I had no other option, I saw him go down, and there was no choice in my mind,” said Floyd-Berrios who has gone to school for nursing. “I wasn’t going to let someone lay there and die.”
She did not see the shooter or where the shots were fired from.
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The manager of the store, Charlene Mann didn’t want her employee to go out there but “[Shelby] just said, I’ve been to nursing school and bolted.
“I was thinking about the shooter, and I know that she’s pregnant, so I didn’t want her to be the next person shot.”
The suspect crashed his car nearby in the parking lot after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“[The shooter] wasn’t at the forefront of my mind and I think if you ask anybody what they were thinking about [we] just wanted to make sure this person is safe,” Mann said.
Bystanders came to the agent’s aid as well. They brought things like paper towels and gloves. One man even had a clotting agent in his truck that they were able to use to help slow the bleeding until paramedics arrived on scene.
“I didn’t even know that he was law enforcement until I got over there and saw his holster and his uniform,” Floyd-Berrios said.
She also recognized the man as someone who had been in her store in the past.
“He’s a really sweet and noble gentleman and he deserves our respect, he serves our community,” she said. “I hope [he’s] doing ok and comes back into the salon because [he has] a big hug waiting on him.”
