Modesto Officer Who Was Shot While Serving Warrant Doing Well After Having Leg Amputated

MODESTO (CBS13) — Officer Michael Rokaitis, a Modesto constabulary serviceman who was changeable successful the enactment of duty, is said to beryllium doing good aft having his limb amputated earlier this week.

Officer Rokaitis was serving a hunt warrant earlier successful August erstwhile helium was changeable twice: erstwhile successful his bullet-proof vest and erstwhile conscionable below, hitting the artery to his close leg.

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On Saturday, the Modesto Police Department posted that Rokaitis was present awake and spending clip with loved ones aft the surgery.

The incidental started erstwhile a motorcyclist was spotted driving recklessly and fled from an attempted postulation stop. A Stanislaus County sheriff’s Office chopper followed the motorcycle to a Modesto home.

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Officers responded to the location and the motorcyclist yet surrendered. After uncovering drugs connected the motorcyclist, officers obtained a hunt warrant for the location and entered soon aft 11:30 p.m. The gunman, 42-year-old Jesse James Brooks of Modesto, was successful the location and opened occurrence connected the officers.

Brooks received insignificant injuries erstwhile officers returned fire, was treated astatine a section hospital, and released backmost into constabulary custody. He was arrested for assorted weapons violations and 3 counts of attempted execution of a constabulary officer.

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No different officers were injured successful the shooting.