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About Martin Lawing

On December 11, 2007, officers in Burke County became involved in a standoff with an armed suspect who threatened to shoot anyone who approached her door. The SWAT Team, including Martin Lawing, was deployed, and Deputy Lawing was assigned to throw a phone into the woman’s home so negotiators could try to establish communications. As he approached the home, police say the woman made good on her threat, opening fire and hitting Deputy Lawing in the neck. The wound has left him paralyzed, but he is undergoing intense physical therapy and hopes to regain the use of his legs.

Deputy Lawing, 31, joined the Burke County Sheriff’s Office in 2002. He formerly served for five years in the U.S. Army’s elite 3rd Ranger Battalion. He was one of more than 1,000 First Responders nominated by members of the public in the 2008 AMW All-Star Contest, and was chosen by online voting as one of eight weekly finalists. Then, through votes cast by the public at the America’s Most Wanted website, www.amw.com, and via text message from Sprint phones, Martin Lawing was chosen as the AMW All-Star Contest Grand Prize winner.

- Information courtesy of My Fox Raleigh News