He was 31 at the time. Tustin suffered with pain since the incident. He was 45. Tustin beat the odds when in 2004 his rehabilitation allowed him to do an office job for the police. Five years later, he fell down the stairs and injured his hip and lower back. Tustin was left in severe pain and medically boarded. After 14 surgeries and seemingly endless drug treatments at hospitals across the country, Tustin went home and had to readjust his life. Tustin had written about his immense pain, and how even wearing clothes irritated his skin. Tustin in 2003, exceeding his doctors’ wildest expectations, he improved and could walk short distances. But in 2009, his condition suddenly worsened and he became bedridden. Tustin’s K9 partner’s name was “Bishop” at the time of the shooting.
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