Just moments before he was fatally wounded in an unprovoked attack, a San Diego police officer performed one last act of kindness; he bought a child food while buying his own dinner.

Jeremy Henwood, 36, stopped at the McDonald's in the 3800-block of Fairmount Avenue at 5:24 p.m. on Aug. 6. Surveillance video released Tuesday shows Henwood speaking with the boy and getting their food shortly before leaving the store at 5:27 p.m.

Shortly after 5:30 p.m., Henwood was shot while sitting inside his patrol car at the corner of University Avenue and 45th Street. Henwood had only made it six blocks from the McDonalds; it would be the last place he was seen alive.

Witnesses said a man pulled up on this side of Henwood’s vehicle and shot him with a shotgun in what officials say was an unprovoked attack. Henwood passed away at Scripps Mercy Hospital at 1:42 a.m. on Aug. 7.

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The pit bull died from a gunshot. Durante spent several days in UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland.

Philadelphia lawyer Martin Kleinman, who specializes in tort law, said that in many states, Durante's claims would immediately be dismissed based on a law called the “firefighter's rule,” which bars injured public safety officials from filing such lawsuits. But in Pennsylvania, which never adopted such a law, courts have taken a “more nuanced approach,” Kleinman said.

“The emergency responder can sue for damages as long as the injury was caused by negligent or intentional conduct that was separate from the conduct that contributed to the emergency,” he said. “In other words, if this cop was responding to a barking dog, he wouldn't be able to sue.”
The lawsuit claims the Holloways had a history of not being able to control their dog. Danielle Holloway was cited six times in the two weeks leading up to the attack for failing to keep the dog confined and for not having a dog license. Hrinda knew the pit bull was at the residence and was aware of its aggressive nature, the lawsuit says.

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