Morrow County Deputy Honored with ‘America’s Most Wanted’ Award Says He Thinks About Shooting Daily

A Morrow County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot multiple times said Wednesday that the shooting is never far from his mind.

Deputy Brandon Moore, who is back on the job as a burglary detective, was one of several first responders nominated for the “America’s Most Wanted” 2012 All-Star award.

Moore was named the 2012 All-Star earlier this week, 10TV’s Maureen Kocot reported.

Moore survived a shootout with a man suspected of running a major drug-growing operation in October 2010. The deputy was shot four times in his torso and leg.

“To be honest, I think about it every day; you can’t not think about it,” Moore said.

Moore’s injuries left one leg a full inch shorter than the other, Kocot reported. He endured 15 surgeries and two months in the hospital before making a comeback.

“When I’m hobbling down the hall in bare feet, it makes you think about it,” Moore said.

Investigators said that Shane Roush had more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing in a greenhouse behind his Morrow County home. Moore managed to return fire and shoot Roush from about 60 yards away, Kocot reported.

“When you add it all up, I shouldn’t have lived,” Moore said. “It’s a miracle, plain and simple.”

Roush was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2011.

Moore said that he found out he won the All-Star hero award by a direct phone call from “America’s Most Wanted” founder John Walsh.

“I answered the phone, ‘Brandon, it’s John Walsh,’ and he told me he’d never seen such a landslide majority vote,” Moore said.

Moore also was nominated for the Congressional Badge of Bravery and the National Medal of Valor in 2011.

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