Advertisement SC officer survives shooting after leaving message for family in dramatic video Officer Quincy Smith continues to recover and hopes to return to work in 2018 Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Dramatic video of a South Carolina officer being shot and leaving a message to his family has been released by the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.Estill Officer Quincy Smith said he continues to recover from his injuries and forgives the man who shot him. Estill is in Hampton County, South Carolina. The shooting happened on New Year’s Day in 2016 and was captured by a camera attached to glasses that Smith had bought on Amazon to wear while on patrol.In the video you see Smith, who was investigating a call about an attempted theft, ordering Malcolm Antwan Orr to stop walking. Smith tells Orr to take his hands out of his pockets as Orr walks away, the video shows. Smith tells Orr he will use his stun gun if Orr does not comply with his order. That’s when Orr pulls out a gun and fires it several times at Smith. In the video, you can hear Smith tell the dispatcher to give a message to his family. You also can hear a bystander try to help Smith and tell him he will be OK. Smith: Dispatch, please tell my family I love them.Bystander: My name is J. Tompkins.Dispatch: Echo, dispatch.Smith: Quincy Smith Sr. (inaudible) please sir.Bystander: How do I do it? I don't know. Where are you shot at? Oh my God.Smith: I've been shot in the chest?Bystander: Just your neck, man. There is not a lot of blood.Smith: Yes, sir.Bystander: OK, so I think you might be OK. Stay with me. Stay with me, man.Smith was shot in the arm, neck and torso. “I had nightmares sometimes about the incident. I’m still trying to heal up injuries to my arm,” Smith said. “Both our families are the ones really suffering the most. Violence and guns aren’t the answer. That’s why I became a police officer.”He said he wants to continue working for the Estill Police Department and he reflects on the decisions he made that day.“I didn’t draw my firearm because, at the time, I didn’t think it was warranted. He was just walking away. But, unfortunately, I made a mistake and I drew my Taser and he got the upper hand on me,” Smith said.Almost two years later, Smith said he's almost done with physical therapy.“I take it day by day with the support of friends and family and everybody else,” Smith said.He’s still on medical leave, but he hopes to return to work by the beginning of 2018.Orr was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. WJCL contributed to this report.