Morrison said he smashed Suarez in the left side of his face with his handgun in an attempt to end the attack. Although he was still falling backward, Morrison wrote that he was able to deflect Suarez to his left. Morrison then jumped on top of him to control him. Suarez did not giving up and was grabbing at Morrison's throat and uniform shirt. Morrison wrote that he was only able to break away from Suarez when his shirt tore. He used his gun "as an emergency impact weapon and struck the accused in the left side of the head again."