Chief: Lt. Murphy Was Shot Total Of 15 Times

The story of Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy and how he survived eight to nine gunshots from Wade Michael Page was incredible enough and captured the attention of people around the world.

It turns out,

Murphy visited the recently and told Police Chief John Edwards he did an assessment of himself after returning home from the hospital.

He found the total number of shots taken was actually 15.

Twelve shots from Page's 9mm handgun hit Murphy and three hit Murphy's bulletproof vest.

"There was a lot of talk about the eight to nine rounds," Edwards said. "That was something that people asked for. (Doctors) were just worried about treating him ... there was no reason to follow up on that. He's alive."

"He just kind of offered it up" on his own, Edwards said.

Edwards relayed the story during a news conference Monday in which taken during the response to the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

The video shows Murphy ordering Page to drop his weapon before Murphy hits the ground from a bullet taken to the throat. Page then jogs over to Murphy and keeps firing. At one point, he shot from as close as 10 feet, District Attorney John Chisholm said.

"What stands out to me is that there's a deliberateness about (Page)," Chisholm said. "He moves fast at certain times, at other times he's moving very slow."

There's no question Page "intended to kill" Murphy, Chisholm said.

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