A Luzerne County police officer is being remembered as a hero. He saved the lives of others when a man began shooting outside the Wilkes-Barre Twp. Walmart in 2015.
SCRANTON, Pa. — Wilkes-Barre Township Police Officer Brian Bouton died Sunday, losing his fight with cancer.
The 20-year police officer from Scranton really stepped up on an October day in 2015 when a man was firing outside Walmart in Wilkes-Barre Township.
According to testimony at the trial of the suspect, Scott Sargent, Officer Bouton moved his police car into a position where it shielded other officers from gunfire.
Another officer shot Sargent, who was armed with a semi-automatic rifle.
He was later found guilty of the attempted murder of police officers and is in a state prison.
Officer Bouton was the first to be awarded the Wilkes-Barre Township Medal of Honor.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later this week.
Brian Bouton was only 43 years old.
A GoFundMe page established after Bouton’s cancer diagnosis says he leaves behind a wife and four children.