MONTGOMERY — A retired member of the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office was honored at the State House on Thursday for risking his life in the line of duty.
Nearly five years ago, Deputy Sheriff Gary Howell was making a routine traffic stop of a man driving under the influence.
When Howell and another deputy attempted to get the man out of his vehicle, the man pulled a gun and shot Howell in the upper torso and face.
Howell had to have 18 surgeries to reconstruct his face, and he still has a bullet lodged in his side.
"The doctors told me I would never walk again," he said. "But I had a lot of determination and I knew that I wasn't going to let that hold me down."
Howell had to take a medical retirement because of his injuries. The man who shot him is serving a life sentence.
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