Law Enforcement Today Podcast

Gunfight Left This Police Officer Blinded and Ended His Career. Special Episode. In September 2011, Officer DeNapoli was shot several times while responding to an armed robbery at jewelry store. As he got out of his cruiser while responding to aan armed robbery at a Jewelers in Woburn in 2011, Robert DeNapoli was shot six times at close range in the hand, arms, legs and left eye. The first to arrive on scene, Bob immediately exchanged gunfire with the suspect, hitting the suspect twice as DeNapoli took multiple rounds. When a round hit him in the hand taking off most of his index finger, the trigger to his gun was damaged and would no longer fire leaving him with no weapon. He was transported to the Hospital in Burlington in critical condition and after several surgeries and days of treatment, was able to return home. Though the 17-year veteran’s career as a law enforcement officer came to an end as a result of his injuries, which left him blind in his left eye and walking with a limp, he continues to remain