Friday, June 17, 2005
two weeks from retirement
By WAYNE PARRY
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - A 64-year-old police officer just two weeks away from retirement will be promoted to detective after throwing himself in front of a woman and her two young children when a gunman opened fire inside a precinct house.
Michael Gullace, who has spent 38 years on the job, was working a desk shift Wednesday night when he heard gunfire.
Gullace grabbed the gunman's girlfriend and their two young children and threw his body over them. When a detective returning fire at the suspect ran out of bullets, Gullace tossed him his own weapon, enabling the officer to keep firing.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - A 64-year-old police officer just two weeks away from retirement will be promoted to detective after throwing himself in front of a woman and her two young children when a gunman opened fire inside a precinct house.
Michael Gullace, who has spent 38 years on the job, was working a desk shift Wednesday night when he heard gunfire.
Gullace grabbed the gunman's girlfriend and their two young children and threw his body over them. When a detective returning fire at the suspect ran out of bullets, Gullace tossed him his own weapon, enabling the officer to keep firing.
