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Sioux City officer returns to where he was shot

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May 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Sioux City police officer Kevin McCormick is back on duty and has already visited the spot where he was wounded during a traffic stop.  Sioux City station KTIV says McCormick retraced his route on the west side of the city on Sunday, remembering the garbage cans and chain-link fence and the van he saw on April 29. McCormick says he’s been replaying the incident in his mind.

He’d pulled over a car for a seat belt violation. As he was preparing to leave his cruiser, a man got out of the car and fired eight rifle shots at the cruiser. A bullet that penetrated the cruiser’s windshield struck McCormick above an eye.  Twenty-one-year-old Jamal Dean has been arrested and is being held on a charge of attempted murder.