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DESTREHAN, La. (WGNO) — An overwhelming amount of support is pouring in to support a deputy who survived a brazen attack.
Thursday, St. Charles Sheriff’s deputy Burt Hazeltine appeared at a fundraiser in Destrehan.
This comes a week after he was shot ambush-style while conducting a traffic stop in a school zone in Paradis.
Thousands showed up to donate money and pick up a to-go box at the fundraiser.
Deputy Hazeltine thanked his well-wishers.
“The prayers do work. I believe it’s through the prayers and the hand of God that I have been able to first of all be injured as little as I was,” says Hazeltine.
The St. Charles Sheriff’s Office won’t count the money raised until Monday.
