The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1986 Page: 3 of 42
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Bullets unite police of two nations
Billy coincidences even though they ment agencies, and Bell is help- “Ninety-nine times out of 100 a
Burns, wearing the black come from different ing make a training film for a patrolman will never face a gun,
uniform of a London constable, backgrounds and live in dif- police street-survival school. so that’s how we can walk
approached a parked Mercedes- ferent countries. Both shootings garnered around without guns. ... Just to
Benz. A nearby bank had just Arlington police chaplain heavy media attention because meet this kind of thing was un-
been robbed, and he had a hunch Harold Elliott arranged a of their spectacular nature, the thinkable”
the robbers might have switched meeting between Burns and Bell officers said
after learning of the similarities
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The shooting was his first ex-
.... . .. , . , . , , . , Burns was shot at the beginn- perience with violence as a bob-
As he broke out the driver’s "It’s absolutely ing of a long chase and running by
window with his club, Burns saw unbelievable,” Elliott said, gunbattle in which two bank rob-
a flash of metal in the back seat. “Even their looks are similar.” bers eventually were caught.
Before he could move, the Burns is 34, Bell is 36. Both are The pair admitted to 17 earlier
back-seat passenger fired a shot Christians. In both cases, the armed robberies in London and
that ripped through Burns’ face bullets that tore through their were sentenced to three life . ..... ..... ...
and lodged at the base of his faces stopped just short of terms. In addltlon t0 the similarities
spine. Burns-knew he’d been paralyzing them. “Shootings are something you °fthe shootings, the men learned
shot when he fell to the ground, As Burns talked about the see on the TV so often,” Burns tha*they had almost identical
temporarily paralyzed. He trouble he has getting out of bed, said. “People get back up and off Problems coping with the in-
never heard the shot on that Bell smiled and nodded his head, they go. But it is an absolutely Junes
April day in 1983. And as Bell described his cons- shattering injury.” “If you’re shot in Belfast or in
Two years later and half a tant pain and physical problems Bell was shot by two men who Arlin8ton, I’m sure it has the
world away, Arlington motorcy- - such as having trouble tasting police say had just robbed same effect on the individual,
cle officer John Bell tried to stop and swallowing - Burns bobbed Gibraltar Savings. which is qude devastating,”
a car for speeding. As the car his head in agreement. Burns said shootings - par- Burns said He noted that both
slowed, a passenger reached out “I thought, \iood grief, it’s ticularly of police officers - are he and Bel1 returned to law en-
the window and opened fire on like reliving my own (life),’ ” rare in the United Kingdom forcement as soon as they
Burns said. Q* because of strict gun control recovered.
One bullet shattered his jaw, Burns, wh% helped write a laws. British police officers, “I think it is psychologically
tore through his mouth and lodg- book called ‘“Chase”- about his nicknamed bobbies, do not carry important to get back up as
ed near his spine. The other shooting, was in Arlington last guns. quickly as you can. It’s like get-
grazed his arm. ^ month to promote a videotape Burns said he spent five years ting back on horse — that would
Like Bums’ assailants, the and partial reenactment of his in the Royal Air Force before he quite appropriate here in
gunmen who shot Bell were flee- shooting. He appeared on televi- becoming a bobby in 1971. Texas, wouldn’t it?”
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And like Bums, the violence police in Houston, Dallas and from his days in the service, he they’re trying to kill me,” he
came as a total surprise. Both Austin. said he never expected to en- said. “You grab that bear by the
times the guns appeared without Both men are trying to help counter a firearm while on tail so many times, and sooner
their fellow officers learn from patrol as a bobby. or later he’s going to turn around
Recently, Burns and Bell the shootings. Burns is showing “Ten percent of the force ar^ and bite you.... I’m not going to
discovered their lives are full of his videotape at law enforce- trained in firearms,” he said, get shot again. I mean that ”
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1986, newspaper, January 8, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153264/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.