" Fi v y ar on t
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ySt
State Trooper Harry
orman f Is he' fullfilled
a prophecy be towed on
him bile a Grand Rapids
po . fleer.
" ell, 1 e been in olv­
ed in quite a fe thing,"
orman, 24, said from .
Detroit home onday.
tati d t
po t, had
e 9 .. year
a burning
car, her coat and hair
afire. Oliver en to her
and extinguished the
fire by rolling her on th
freeway d pa tting her,
onnan id,
T 0 of Le 0' sons,
Billy, 12, and John, 11,
ho ere sitting in the
front at also ran from
the car and joined their
mother.
'There ere till t 0
small Children in th bac
se t and th b ck
ed, , orman id, "I got.
inside the car, but tb front.
bro en bards'
ying 00 th ba
ofT-duty t
pt. 10, orman
three time during th rob­
bery of a Detroit drug ore.
He recalled later: "I
can remember being told
by Lt. Burton
(he of th Grand Rapids
po training office) that
en I et fi ye on th
force, I
t."
at covered the
large boo being om by
Andy, 9, and prevented­
him and his . ter, � ... ,.-..
3, from ping:
orman got t • e th
, but ttempts t pulling
Andy out failed.
"Fmally, I p
ck in the car,"
·d."The e and
flame re too gre t for
ay in there. An­
tleman topped
into th car with
me.
e freed his (Andy' )
feet, but did not pull
him from car ," or-
.. He·d e
e t forced him to
ay from the car.
got b
to Trooper Oliver, both
of the children re out of
hi '
c ,
orman
id.
ter t _ the hospital
lisa told orman that
jumped out ot the rear
. d windo and presum-
bly, Andy folIo ed.
All of the Le 0 re
tre ted at Livonia' St.
ry" Ho pita! for bum
and brui . on ere
mitted.
uffer d first
gr bum on hi hand
and f ce and the hair on
one ide of his he d w
. ged off.
in the
month aft r
he S ot in the chest,
omach and leg fall.
"I alked into a niegh­
borhood store and a guy
told me to lay down on the
fl oor r orman recalled. "I
just froze. He came up to
ment
The troopers co
e fo r peopl e
th Volare.
The driver of the car,
·cia Le 0, 46, of Ply­
mouth bolted from the
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me and patted me do
and discovered I carry-
pon. en he tried
to e it ay from me I
fought ith him."
One of the robber'
comp then opened
fire on the trooper while he
holding the fint
=. · . ld in f��t of ·1
orman, originally.
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Gr d � . ca his
brother, quadrap�c,
undergoi . treatment at
ary Free Bed Rehabilita­
tion Ceo ter .
orman began
career a cadet at the ent
County eriff's Depart­
ment in 1974 and hired
to the' Grand pid Police
force the following Feb­
,mary .
He join d the tate
police about 2� years ago
be u 0 of his cousin ,
ho ere troopers, told
him "i t the be .,.
On of th cousin
orman Killo gh, became
th first Black trooper kill­
.ed in th . line of duty. He
accidentally 1 t by
Flint police officer in
October of 1978 Me
orking underco er.
Killough and the
poliee officers d -nade
arrangements for a phony
re to m e him appear
e genuine croo .
call: 926-7188
STATE LlSC.:E SED CONT ACTOR 36157
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Benton Harbor, St pore Post.
926-7361
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