American League umpire Steve Palermo detailed for...
American League umpire Steve Palermo detailed for jurors in dramatic and emotional testimony how he was shot while aiding two waitresses who were attacked by robbers.
Palermo returned to Dallas to testify in the aggravated robbery trial of Army Pvt. Kevin Bivins, one of four suspects in the July 7 incident.
Palermo and former Southern Methodist football player Terence Mann ran to help the waitresses, along with restaurant employees. Both Mann and Palermo were shot.
Mann, 27, was shot in the neck, arm and abdomen. Palermo, 41, was shot in the back, and the bullet traumatized his spinal cord and forces Palermo to rely on leg braces and canes to walk.
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