Kevlar helmet saves life of cop responding to Orlando terror attack

As we reported earlier, a police officer responding to the terror attack at the Pure nightclub in Orlando was saved by his Kevlar helmet:

. @ChiefJohnMina officers shot & killed the suspect. In gunfire OPD officer shot: Kevlar helmet saved him pic.twitter.com/L51ynmRAfm

— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) June 12, 2016

Police released a pic of the helmet at a news conference a few moments ago:

Orlando Police officer's life saved by kevlar helmet. #PrayersForOrlando pic.twitter.com/jTEU3Fa4fc

— Bryan Bennett (@weatherbryan) June 12, 2016

That was close. #BlueLivesMatter.

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