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WE BEGIN LIVE WITH ANDY
HERSHBERGER.
REPORTER: MANCHESTER POLICE NEEF
WILLARD SAYS BOTH OFFICERS ARE
UPBEAT AND IN GOOD SPIRITS AND
BOTH WERE IN COURT TODAY AS THE
MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT THEM WAS
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE A
JUDGE.
THE COURT WAS PACKED WITH
MANCHESTER POLICE OFFICERS, BUT
THE DEFENDANT CHOSE NOT TO
ATTEND HIS ARRAIGNMENT.
IAN MCPHERSON SAT DOWNSTAIRS AT
MANCHESTER CIRCUIT COURT WHILE
HIS LAWYER ENTERED NO PLEA TO
TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED CAPITAL
***, CHARGES THAT ACCUSE
MCPHERSON OF TRYING TO KILL
OFFICERS RYAN HARDY AND MATTHEW
O'CONNOR LAST FRIDAY.
>> THE FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH A
LOT OF EMOTIONS, THEIR HUSBANDS
GO OFF TO WORK, AND THEY GET
THAT DREADED PHONE CALL THAT
THEIR OFFICER HAD HAD BEEN SHOT.
REPORTER: COURT RECORDS SAY
OFFICER HARDY WAS THE FIRST TO
ENCOUNTER MCPHERSON WHO FIT THE
SUSPECT.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS SHOT NEAR
FERRY AND SECOND STREETS.
O'CONNOR WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT A
STREET.
BOTH OFFICERS CAME TO COURT THIS
MORNING, O'CONNOR ON CRUTCHES
AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE LEG, AND
HARDY WITH A BANDAGE ON HIS FACE
FROM ONE OF TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS
HE SUFFERED.
>> SOON AS THE OFFICER IS READY
TO COME BACK AND IS MEDICALLY
CLEARED WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
HAVE HIM BACK.
BOTH OFFICER HARDY AND O'CONNOR
CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK ON THE
STREETS AND THAT'S A GREAT SIGN.
THEY'RE AMAZING MEN.
REPORTER: THE COURT ORDERED
MCPHERSON HELD WITHOUT BAIL, HE
FACES A THIRD CHARGE OF
RESISTING ARREST.
MCPHERSON'S FATHER SPOKE
AFTERWARD AND SAID HE'S THERE TO
SUPPORT HIS SON.
>> WHEN MENTAL ILLNESS IS USED
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, HOPEFULLY
HE'S GOING TO GET HELP WIT
THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR HIM
THE WHO TIME.
REPORTER: CHIEF WILLARD SAYS
IT'S TIMES LIKE THESE THAT YOU
REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS A JOB IT
IS BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
FAMILIES OF THE TWO OFFICERS