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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Officers wounded in line of duty awarded for bravery

Chicago Police Officer Julius Givens was shot in the line of duty in December. He returned to work 27 days later. On Wednesday, he received the Valor Award from the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago Police Officer Julius Givens remembers thinking “I’m going to be OK” as he was driven to the hospital with a gunshot wound last December.

“My partner had applied a tourniquet to my leg to stop the bleeding, which was incredibly fast thinking on his part,” Givens said, adding that he provided cover for his partner while his partner worked on the tourniquet.

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