OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Katrina Phillips was driving Sunday near West 123rd Street and Antioch Road on a work errand when something caught her attention – a car wreck, debris and a man brushing the debris off the road.
She then turned down West 123rd Street to see what had happened.
"That's when I saw the officer down and a white male," Phillips said.
Phillips rushed toward the men and noticed the officer – later identified as Mike Mosher – was shot, but still breathing – as well as another man, who later was identified as Phillip Michael Carney.
"I noticed the white male had a gun and he moved,” Phillips said. “So, I took about 10 steps back. Another lady came running down from the hill, and she said she was medical. I told her the officer was shot.”
The two rushed to help the officer.
"She proceeded to do CPR,” Phillips said. “I held his head to keep him alert and awake.”
She also said she helped take off his vest so they could try to stop the bleeding.
Phillips said it felt like an eternity for EMS to arrive. In those moments, she said these words to the dying officer – "Stay awake, stay with us. Don't go. Your family needs you.”
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The good Samaritan said she was on scene for hours, the events of Sunday forever etched in her memory.
"I haven't slept, I am traumatized," she said.
But knowing the outcome, Phillips said she would do it all over.
"I wasn't thinking about risking my life,” she said. “I wasn't thinking about, ‘What if I got shot?’ I wasn't doing any of that. I was just trying to help.”
She said she would love to meet Mosher's wife so she can give her a hug and tell her she did everything she could to try to save him.
