Davis, wearing a brown helmet, stood by with his hands clasped at his waist as his wife, Stephanie, addressed the media this morning for the first time since the March 29 assault.
“Tim is a new Tim,” Stephanie Davis said. “He will never be as he was before the incident, and all of our friends and family are trying to get to know the new Tim.”
The Davis family thanked the public and said support from strangers has been very humbling.
Officer Davis was assaulted while he investigated a mugging in 1600 block of First Avenue East. Stephanie Davis said she was told her husband was struck once in the face with a blunt object. She said the impact from the blow and from his head hitting the pavement fractured his skull and caused swelling and bruising to his brain.
Officer Davis has no memory of the incident. He spent 39 days in the hospital before being released May 7. [Continue reading]
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