Coach tells how members of the Omagh Harriers athletics club were the first to perform first aid on John Caldwell
Det Ch Insp John Caldwell "stumbled and staggered" about 200 metres to get help after he was shot, a witness has said.in the car park of a sports complex in Omagh on Wednesday evening.
"As John was stumbling up, [members] ran to him. They administered first aid to him very lovingly and very graciously got ambulances."Det Ch Insp John Caldwell has been involved in high-profile investigations "Thank God that he's still with us and that his family have a father, that his wife has a husband, that we're not actually mourning the loss of us very significant member of our community today," Mr Shiels added.
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