Citizens from around the southern Minnesota region gathered to welcome home an officer who was shot in the head in January, and has been undergoing treatment and rehabilitation at Nebraska medical facility.
According to CBS News, 33-year-old Arik Matson was among a group of officers responding to a report of a suspicious person when they encountered a suspectâidentified as 38-year-old Tyler Robert Janovskyâwho opened fire, striking Matson in the head.
Janovskyâwho was wanted on drug chargesâpleaded guilty to the shooting and is expected to be sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Brian Petersâexecutive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Associationâtold reporters, "This guy's a hero. He's overcome so many obstacles since the incident occurred."