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| Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, left, presents Sgt. Kristin Shiner, center, with the Medal of Valor, the Sheriff's Office's highest honor, during a ceremony Monday, while Cape Coral Police Chief Jay Murphy looks on. Chief Murphy also presented Sgt. Shiner with a plaque during the ceremony. Photos by Cpl. Efrain Hernandez/CCSO
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Sheriff Kevin Rambosk awarded the Collier County Sheriff’s Office’s highest honor Monday to a deputy who persuaded a man who allegedly shot and killed another man in his driveway to give up his gun.
“This means a lot to me,” said Sgt. Shiner, who was joined at the ceremony by her mother and her three children and two grandchildren.
Sgt. Shiner was at home in Cape Coral on her day off July 25 when she heard gunshots. She immediately retrieved her duty weapon and raced toward the gunshots. She found a man facedown and bleeding in a driveway. While she was checking on the man, she heard the slide of a gun reloading.
She looked up to see a man in the garage holding a gun. She drew her gun and ordered him to drop his weapon. The man did soon the third command. Sgt. Shiner then held him at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested him.
Cape Coral Police Chief Jay Murphy also attended the ceremony and presented Sgt. Shiner with a plaque from his agency recognizing her for her bravery. Sgt. Shiner went above and beyond the call of duty, he said.
“That situation had all the potential in the world to get way out of control,” Chief Murphy said. “The fact that she got there so quickly made a big difference.”
Sgt. Shiner, a nine-year CCSO veteran, said she “never thought twice’’ about going to help when she heard shots.
“I just jumped to my feet and away I went,” she said.
